Shine a light in someone life

Can you imagine walking 45 minutes to charge your phone? In the 21st century that seems unreal but it is the case in some rural areas of Colombia due to lack of power.

The lack of power has deep implications in families daily life, they have to use candles that are dangerous and expensive long term, adding an expense to the already limited budget. It also limits access to education since there is no night school, and no light to study or do homework after daylight is gone.

Not having power at home also means no street lighting what increases crime.

Currently in Colombia:

- There are more than 1700 communities that don't have power

- 550 thousand homes on the Caribbean area don't have power sockets

- It is estimated that 4 out of every 100 homes countrywide and 7 out of 100 in the Caribbean area lack power.

- A person on a rural area walks on average 45 min to get a socket to charge a phone

With your donation, these families would not need to compromise their education and safety by using candles at night, they will now have a solar powered lamp.

How will your donations be used?

A small solar lamp costs 20USD, you can donate up to 5 solar lamps that will be taking by Tierra Grata's team to rural communities in the areas we work at. You can also donate solar powered street light for 150USD , these will be installed as public street lighting.

Basically, for the price you pay for going to the movies or eating out, you can pay for a light that will offer these families the psychological and financial buffer to improve their life quality.

Our goal is to support 200 families.

Transparency:

This is a 100% non-profit endeavor and the 4th campaign (2nd international) of the efforts to improve life quality in vulnerable communities of rural Colombia. Click here to see how our prior campaign "prevent by helping" was funded and spent, we have served 5 communities already and will continue to make sure that your donation gets directly to the families in need.

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Want to learn more about how lack of power contributes to poverty, check here

About Tierra Grata: Tierra Grata’s main goal is to mitigate social inequality by providing social technologies that ensure access to drinkable water, energy and sanitation in vulnerable rural communities. See more details here

Shine a light

By Tierra Grata

Shine a light

Share your light with children in rural Colombia