Give the Gift of Light

$15 donates solar to a vulnerable family, child or elder. $150 provides safe solar lights to 10 families. $3,500 will solar-electrify an entire health clinic! Dedicate your donation to a friend or family member by writing to us at [email protected] with your name, date of donation, name of the person to be honored, and their email address. We’ll take care of the rest!

100% of your money brings clean light to people in need. Operating costs are covered by private donors, so your donation will bring safe, solar light directly to the communities we serve.

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Mail checks to:
LTBLI
640 Ellicott Street #12
Buffalo, NY 14203

Communities We Serve

From individual households to schools and medical clinics, we partner with local groups to shine light, enlightening lives in the communities we serve.

Regina

Matriarch & Tobacco Farmer

Regina, 57, lives with her 5 grandchildren. They plant tobacco to keep snakes away from the house. She no longer buys paraffin.

“It lights well. It is so bright. We have no problem. It benefits us all. With paraffin, I was worried about fire accidents and smoke which got into our noses. I can even use it to go to the latrine.”

Olivia

Mother & Beautician

Olivia (18 years old) who is learning to be a beautician, lives with her elderly grandmother (73 years old) and 1 yr old son, Immaculate. She uses her solar light for her small business until 10 pm when she closes, 2 hours longer than before she had a light.

She is now making 50% more income and is saving 500 shillings each day to invest in opening her own salon someday.

Sarah

Mother

Sarah lives with her 4 children and her husband. “The light helped me so much especially when I was pregnant. My husband was away and the medical workers had no paraffin. I also had no money to pay. But I brought my light and everyone was so happy. Now, whenever they see us, they say, 'Hey, that is the one who brought her own solar to the delivery!' I can’t imagine how I would have survived. I love it so so much, it could help so many pregnant women.”

“With the savings, I now am in a savings group and save 2,000UGX every Sunday!”

Maria

Mother & Caretaker

Maria is the mother of Irene, age 5, disabled and abandoned by her father. With 10 people in their household, they used to spend 2,000/wk on paraffin. Now they use the savings for medicine to treat Irene’s epilepsy. The use the solar light at night to ease Irene's sleep and her special needs during the night.