The WakaWaka Foundation Information

The WakaWaka Foundation is an internationally operating NGO based in the Netherlands. Our focus is to combat energy poverty around the globe by providing light and energy solutions to communities who need it most. There are 1.5 billion people living off-grid (they have no access to the conventional energy grid), who are dependent on toxic, dangerous, and dirty kerosene lamps for lighting. Burns from kerosene lamps result in 300.000 deaths per year and millions of mutilations. The effects on lungs from an indoor kerosene lamp is equal smoking two packs of cigarettes per day, and the use of kerosene costs on average approximately 20% of a families daily income. No access to light is detrimental to safety, education, economic activity, and community life. The mission of the WakaWaka Foundation is: To provide safe, sustainable and self-sufficient energy and light solutions to individuals and communities who need it most, consequently lifting them out of energy poverty.