Safe Births + Healthy Homes
Working with local partners, Safe Births + Healthy Homes (SB+HH) solar-electrifies off-grid health clinics and donates solar lights to new moms and babies for use at home. Almost 16,000 mother/baby pairs have benefitted from this program.
Innovation & Impact in 3 Steps:
1. Clinic Electrification
Health clinics receive solar systems, improving healthcare access and delivery for an average of 12,000 people per site. Clinics hours increase and provide improved care to their communities.
2. Community Education
Expectant mothers and community members receive information about how Safe Births + Healthy Homes can improve maternal and infant health.
3. Solar Light Distribution
After the midwife-attended births, new moms receive a solar light to care for their babies at home. The solar light replaces harmful lighting sources, improving household health and safety.
Learn how Safe Births + Healthy Homes creates brighter futures for mothers and their children.
Program Impacts
Women's Empowerment
When solar lights shine, new mothers report increased empowerment and decision-making in the household. Indicators of wellbeing improve, and mothers report enjoying increased social status in the community.
Financial Resilience
When solar lights shine, new mothers are no longer reliant on kerosene lamps or candles, saving 10-30% of weekly household income. Mothers are also able to be productive into the evening hours, using increased income to build financial stability.
Family Connection
When solar lights shine, families report enjoying more quality time with each other, as they are able to eat, read, and work together in the evenings by solar light.
Health & Wellbeing
When solar lights shine, indoor air quality and health improve, the risk of fire decreases, and families increase anti-malarial bednet usage.
Education
When solar lights shine, children use the light to do homework in the evenings, and households increase spending on school fees.
Safe Births + Healthy Homes Impact Report
Meet the Mothers
Click on the images below to meet a few of the almost 16,000 SB+HH mothers and hear how safe solar lighting has supported them since bringing their new babies home from the hospital.
Narratives and impact assessments were developed by the Wharton Global Impact Consultants, a pro-bono consultancy project for LTBLI.