Make an orphaned child the “Light of Your Life”

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Summary

The Light of Your Life Campaign brings clean, safe and sustainable lighting to orphaned families in Rwanda through the Freeplay wind-up and solar powered Lifelight.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Rwanda has over one million orphans –most live in households headed by children under the age of 18. The Rwandan government estimates there are more than 101,000 child-headed households, living in poverty. The majority of Rwandans have no direct access to electricity. The Lifelight will immediately improve the lives of young and vulnerable families. The Lifelight is a unique, robust, clean-energy, lantern that is powered by solar-power and wind-up energy.

Activities

The Freeplay Foundation will distribute the Lifelights to child-headed households and train children in how to use, care for and share the lights.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $930
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $199,070
Total Funding Goal: $200,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

10,000 child-headed households will have immediate access to sustainable, affordable, safe, clean energy lighting. 10,000 child-headed households will be able to read, do homework, cook, play, sew, bead after dark.

Project Message

The Light of Your Life Campaign will reach the most vulnerable communities who have no access to electricity, whilst appreciating the orphans of Rwanda represent only a tiny fraction those in Africa
- Kristine Pearson, Chief Executive of the Freeplay Foundation

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Bhavna Malkani,
Fundraising and Communications Officer
71 Gloucester Place
London, W1U 8JW
United Kingdom
+ 44 20 7935 5350
Email:

Project Sponsor

Freeplay Foundation

Organization

Freeplay Foundation
71 Gloucester Place
London, United Kingdom W1U 8JW
United Kingdom
+ 44 (0) 207 935 53
http://www.freeplayfoundation.org

Learn more about Freeplay Foundation and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Rwanda and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Rwanda, read the Human Development Report on Rwanda or the Wikipedia entry for Rwanda.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 18, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 18, 2008.

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