7 out of 10 people in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have access to electricity. Millions rely on hospitals that don’t have any power. Families can’t refrigerate their food. Kids are forced to do their homework at night with just a candle or a flashlight. It’s time to tell our leaders that we must fight energy poverty now. Add your voice today.
It’s something most take for granted. When we flip a switch, things turn on. But what if we had no switches? Not even an outlet. Imagine the panic you’d feel arriving at a hospital without power, the roads you’d travel in complete darkness, the difficulty of helping your child do their homework with just a flashlight, and the hunger you’d feel without a refrigerator to draw upon. No one should have to live in energy poverty. We have the power to light up the future.
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Photo credit: David Youmans For the past five years, a group of San Francisco engineers from Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) have partnered with a Tanzanian community thousands of miles away to harness the sun’s energy to provide electricity to the town and meet the villagers’ basic human needs. Kelsey Gross, EWB-USA communications coordinator, shares their story. Community
Faith at ONE blogger Joe Mason recently traveled to Monrovia, Liberia as part of his work as a freelance journalist. Read how his trip ended up teaching all about energy poverty, a lack of access to the energy power systems that are necessary to sustain health and education services as well as economic growth. My first experience with
Providing electricity to 1.2 billion people who don’t have access to reliable sources of energy is a key component to ending extreme poverty worldwide by 2030, says a new World Bank report. In this video, World Bank Vice President Rachel Kyte explains why people living without electricity is such a crucial part of a country’s
Many of Africa’s most pressing issues could become extinct with the simple flip of a switch. We’ve seen it already. Whether in America in the 30’s to 40’s or Thailand in the 80‘s, access to energy has been essential to fighting poverty and disease. Business owners can stay open past nightfall increasing their incomes, students improve their pass rates, and health centers can offer 24 hour emergency care. Seize this unique opportunity to close the energy gap.
Take our pledge and help bring energy access to the world's poorest countries.