TRANSFORMING VILLAGES OUT OF POVERTY, ONE VILLAGE AT A TIME

Photo: CNN Top Ten Hero, Evans Wadongo (Our Executive Director), and Oscar Award winning actress Halle Berry during the All Star tribute show in Los Angeles, Carlifornia in November 2010.

The "USE SOLAR, SAVE LIVES" program was founded in 2004 by the then young college student, Evans Wadongo.

At SDFA, we are empowering poor families through our locally designed Solar Powered Lanterns dubbed 'MwangaBora!®', which means 'Better Light'. We are helping poor communities set up economic ventures, partly from the money initially spend on kerosene.

The Lanterns are helping to improve education standards, reduce respiratory & eye related diseases, reduce climate change and reduce poverty, in poor rural communities in Kenya.

To date, over 100,000 people have benefited directly from the program, out which over 60% are school going children. We believe we can do more with your support.

YOU CAN HELP EMPOWER A POOR HOUSEHOLD, AND BE COUNTED AS HAVING TRANSFORM LIVELIHOODS OUT OF POVERTY. .  CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE....

THE PROGRAM IS ECONOMICALLY EMPOWERING POOR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND   YOUTH; AND HENCE LIFTING THEM OUT OF POVERTY

Photo: Part of a Bee Keeping project started from the money initially spent on kerosene, in Malava in Western Kenya

"The lantern has helped me save a lot of money, which I initially used for kerosene. I was using at least Kshs. 20 everyday on kerosene. Thanks to the lantern, I save Kshs. 15 of this daily, through our women group. With the help of SDFA-Kenya, we have started a Bee Keeping project, which is helping us buy food, soap, cooking oil etc" Mama Ruth, A Women Group Leader in Kakamega in Western Kenya

Learn More about the economic ventures here.