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Enhancing Quality of Life

International Outreach

“I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year,
‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’”

In the Fall of 2004, OneWorld Sustainable successfully established a strong business linkage with Bright Home Solar Energy, a Kenya-based company that has been designing and installing off-grid solar systems throughout East Africa since 1996.

Two African people holding a solar panel.

STRONG PARTNERSHIPS

Since our partnership began, Bright Home president, Henry Watitwa, has been working with OneWorld on developing a sustainable program designed to deliver clean, reliable solar energy to the marginalized while offering economic opportunity to East African tradesmen and laborers.

Kids in an African village.

ACCESS TO POWER

The vast majority of East Africa’s rural population lives without common conveniences that most people would consider necessary for sustaining an acceptable quality of life. There is very little access to running water, sewage systems, or grid electricity.

A village with electric lights.

A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY

A little bit of power from the sun can deliver so many benefits to disconnected populations located in remote corners of the developing world. It does not take much to provide lighting, charge a cell phone, provide vaccine refrigeration, or filter and purify water. Solar-powered technology can improve the lives of so many people who now lack even basic necessities.

Installing some sort of solar gear.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

Our partnership with Henry is providing Kenyan tradesmen access to economic prosperity while offering environmentally responsible and socially empowering opportunities for many citizens throughout the East Africa region.