A SOLIDARY AND SOLIDARITY-BASED SOLAR LAMP: LIGHT FOR ALL

Kalo solar lamps provide African families with the opportunity to have access to quality, sustainable and affordable lighting.

Families can save up to 10% of the budget they would previously have dedicated to purchasing batteries or recharging telephones. The children can study in better conditions: in addition to better quality lighting, they are no longer exposed to smoke or fire risk. Living conditions are improved: domestic tasks are performed in greater comfort, and moving around can be done more safely. Economic activities can be developed, even after nightfall, which comes early all year round. Lastly, contrary to petrol lamps that emit CO2 and toxic fumes, or battery-operated lamps that create waste, solar lamps are much better for the environment.

Measuring the impact of solar lamps

To measure the impact linked to the used of solar lamps, LAGAZEL uses the standardized impact indicators developed for the off-grid energy sector by the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA), in coordination with the IRIS Global Impact Investing Network (GINN) initiative.

As of the end of 2017, Lagazel’s contribution represented:

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56,000 beneficiaries who got access to quality lighting that enabled them to study, work, obtain health care and entertainment in better conditions
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1250 users whose means of subsistence increased (clients using their lamp for income-generating activities)
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12,500 installations for lighting that are costly, dangerous and polluting are no longer in use
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8 hours of additional lighting daily for users of LAGAZEL lamps (i.e. twice as much as with traditional appliances)
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194 euros saved per family over the life of the solar lamp (i.e. four times the minimum legal monthly salary)
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2.4 million euros saved by all of the users over the life of the solar lamp.