On 11 March 2011, Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake and tsunami, leaving massive impact and thousands of people remain homeless without proper access to energy and lighting. This emergency project provides solar powered lanterns to the most severely affected areas.
The devastating earthquake and tsunami have paralyzed Japan's northern area. Survivors evacuated to temporary shelters, but lack of electricity is leaving the victims vulnerable. The project addresses urgent need of providing light to the affected areas.
3月11日に日本を襲った地震は、多くの被害者を出し一時的な避難所で夜を過ごしています。そこでも電力の供給が絶たれ、夜はかろうじて、ろうそくや懐中電灯で明かりをとっています。ソーラーランタンによって、この問題を解決します。
The solar powered lanterns will provide clean energy to the affected, where the power supply has been paralyzed.
電気の供給が途切れた被災地域で、にソーラーランタンを提供します。
1,800 (assuming one lantern can provide minimum lighting to three people)
約1800人（一つのランタンで3人ほどが明かりをとれると想定）
People affected by the earthquake in Miyagi, Fukushima and/or Iwate prefecture.
岩手、福島、宮城県などで地震の被害にあった方々を対象とします。
The products will be distributed for free, through the Montbell's emergency response team.
モンベルの義援チームを通じて、必要な場所・人々に配布されます。
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product | Cost of the technology | 7.56 | 600 | 4,536 |
| Shipping, clearance and local duty | Cost of international shipping | 1,250 | ||
| Wire transfer fee | One transfer to tech provider, one transfer to cover local duty and clearance | 45 | 1 | 45 |
| Paypal/other payment processing fee | 3.3% average based on the average size of project and average donation amount | 3.30% | 199 | |
| Kopernik 10% | In order to cover due diligence cost that Kopernik conducts | Waived | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 6,030 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
Using Montbell's logistics and human resources capacity.
Affected areas, including Iwate, Miyagi, and/or Hukushima prefecture.
More than half of the households around Gunung Palung National Park in Kalimantan, Indonesia use wood for cooking. Most of this wood comes from the national park, which is home to 10% of the world’s remaining orangutans. Soot particles from traditional stoves cause health problems and contribute to global warming. Providing biomass cookstoves will help to reduce particulate pollution, global warming emissions, and respiratory health issues, and offer greater protection to local flora and fauna whose habitats are threatened.
More than half of the households around Gunung Palung National Park use wood for cooking. Most of this wood comes from the national park, which is home to 10% of the world’s remaining orangutans. Women and children spend many hours collecting wood, reducing the time they can spend earning income or studying. Soot particles from traditionnal stoves increase the risk of acute respiratory infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, asthma, nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer, as well as contribute indirectly to global health risks through global warming.
Envirofit G-3300 stoves will help families to reduce air pollution, in turn reducing respiratory health issues and global warming emissions to a fraction of their original significance. The amount of wood used by families for cooking each day will decrease from 10-15kg to as little as 1kg. The stoves will also eliminate associated land degradation emissions from the source, and offer greater protection to local flora and fauna whose habitats are threatened. Greater equity for women and young girls responsible for gathering fuel and cooking is also expected, as a result of reduced domestic burden, fewer hazardous fumes, and decreased chance of injury (from chopping and carrying wood).
250 people
The average daily income around Gunung Palung, based on a 2012 survey of 1497 households, was Rp 13,000 or ~$1.48 per day. The population is ethnically mixed but about 70% Muslim. Most are subsistence agriculturalists. Beneficiaries will be selected by the community outreach workers, called Forest Guardians.
The stove will first be sold to Alam Sehat Lestari's staff and volunteers, including the forest guardians. Each staff, volunteer and forest guardian will use the stove and promote it in their village. They will receive orders for the stoves and then these stoves will be sold and delivered to their village.
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product Envirofit Cooking System G-3300 | Cost of technology | 30 | 50 | 1,500 |
| Shipping | 30 | 50 | 1,500 | |
| Wire transfer fee | 45 | 1 | 45 | |
| Monitoring and oversight | Staff and travel cost | 1,500 | 1 | 1,500 |
| Paypal/other payment processing fee | 3.3% average based on the average size of project and average donation amount | 3.30% | 173 | |
| Kopernik 10% | In order to cover due diligence cost that Kopernik conducts | 524 | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 5,242 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
Alam Sehat Lestari will provide staff for training, demonstrating and selling the stoves, accounting and writing reports.
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Help provide families in rural Kalimantan who do not have access to electricity with safe and clean solar lighting.
In 2011, Photovoices International, an Indonesian NGO that empowers rural communities and brings awareness about their surroundings and livelihoods through village photographs and storytelling, implemented a village photograph program in four villages including Galinggang. One of the Issues brought up by the local communities was the lack of access to electricity.
Families in Galinggang village in Kalimantan, Indonesia do not have access to electricity. Most people rely on kerosene lanterns for lighting at night. Not only are kerosene lanterns dirty, dangerous and produce a poor amount of light, the rising cost of kerosene makes access to lighting increasingly difficult.
(Photo courtesy of Hamdiansyah@PhotovoicesKatingan.doc)
PT. Rimba Makmur Utama developed a REDD+ project in Katingan in partnership with Yayasan Puter and Mazars Starling Resources. This Yayasan Puter-Kopernik d-light project is a part of the REDD+ initiative to deliver technologies to one of the project-zone villages – Galinggang Village.
The d.light S250 solar lights will make life easier for people in Galinggang village. They will use the lights for many different activities at night, such as fishing, studying, reading and spending time with their families. They will spend less money on kerosene, and have more money to spend on other basic household needs. They will also reduce their exposure to dirty kerosene smoke and the risks of kerosene fires.
720 people (180 families)
Galinggang is one of the project-zone villages of the Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation Project, an ecosystem restoration REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) project located in Kamipang Subdistrict, Katingan District, Central Kalimantan.
As one of the tangible benefits from future REDD+, Yayasan Puter decided to bring in this technology to one of the project-zone villages – Galinggang Village.
The people who will benefit from this project live in Galinggang village, Kamipang Subdistrict, Katingan District, Central Kalimantan. Families earn income from fishing and river cane farming, with a monthly income of 1.5-2 million/month (US$150-$200).
Yayasan Puter Indonesia will hold discussions with the community to decide the mechanism for identifying the beneficiaries for the first phase of the project, and also for the upcoming phases that will be implemented in villages near Galinggang, such as Tumbang Bulan village. We expect a total of 400 families in areas near Gelinggang will benefit from the continuation of the project.
Yayasan Puter Indonesia will distribute the d.light S250 solar lights to 180 families in Gelinggang, based on demand and by working to identify the families most in need. They will evaluate the first three months of distribution in order to develop a similar model to reach surrounding villages that also have no access to electricity, such as Tumbang Bulan.
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product | Cost of the technology | 30 | 180 | 5,400 |
| Shipping | 837 | 1 | 837 | |
| Monitoring and oversight | staff and travel cost | 1,000 | 1 | 1,000 |
| Wire transfer fee | 45 | 2 | 90 | |
| Clearance and local duty | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paypal/other payment processing fee | 3.3% average based on the average size of project and average donation amount | 3.30% | 279 | |
| Kopernik 10% | In order to cover due diligence cost that Kopernik conducts | 845 | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 8,451 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
Financial contribution: Yayasan Puter Indonesia will work together with Mazars Starling Resources to cover the community development costs, specifically the non-technical activities and supporting funds for facilitators from the local communities.
Non-financial contribution: Assistance by staff of Yayasan Puter Indonesia.
Over 300,000 people in the eastern highlands of Papua have no access to light - not even kerosene or candles. Children cannot study at night and teachers have no light to prepare their lessons. Providing solar lights to families in these remote villages will significantly improve their quality of life.
In the central highlands of Papua there is no electricity outside the main town of Wamena. There are over 300,000 people in these remote communities who don’t have any light - not even access to kerosene or candles. Children have no light to study at night and teachers have no light to prepare their lessons.
The d.light S250 will allow families to light their houses at night. This will mean that children can do their homework at night. It can also be used in village meeting rooms to have light for meetings in the evenings. Providing light to families in these remote villages will significantly improve the quality of life in the highlands of Papua. People can also use the d.light S250 to charge their mobile phones.
166 families will benefit from the solar lights, representing approximately 990 men, women and children.
This project will benefit people in very remote mountain villages in the Yahukimo regency of Papua. All access is by small aircraft or by foot. The solar lights will be used by men and women who are subsistence farmers. They do not have access to electricity or mobile phone coverage, although many hike one day to the top of a mountain to use their phones. In many villages they have to walk long distances to obtain clean water. The majority of villages are located from two to seven days walk from the nearest town. The only fuel option is firewood which is obtained from steep mountain slopes. We will select beneficiaries from these remote communities who are open to trying new technologies and who will share their knowledge with others.
Yasumat will distribute the solar lights from their district information centres through volunteers. The technology will be shared at village meetings where people will learn about using the technology and the cost. The six district information centres will order from a central technology distribution centre based in the highland town of Wamena. Beneficiaries will also be able to come to this centre/shop to see the technology and take it back to their villages. In this way information will also be distributed and awareness raised to places beyond our target area.
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product d.light S250 | Cost of technology | 30 | 166 | 4,947 |
| Shipping | 1 | 1,298 | 1,298 | |
| Wire transfer fee | 45 | 1 | 45 | |
| Monitoring and oversight | Staff and travel cost | 1,500 | 1 | 1,500 |
| Paypal/other payment processing fee | 3.3% average based on the average size of project and average donation amount | 3.30% | 296 | |
| Kopernik 10% | In order to cover due diligence cost that Kopernik conducts | 898 | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 8,985 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
Financial contribution: Transportation and storage (transportation will be by plane where payment is by kilo).
Non-financial contribution: Volunteer promoter and distributor
This project aims to light up every household in Oecusse with a d.light solar light, so families can become independent of kerosene and have a brighter future.
Oecusse is an isolated enclave within East Timor that is almost completely without electricity and has a population of 67,000 people. Almost every household in this district reports that there is at least one month per year when their household does not have enough to eat.
Less than 1% of the Oecusse population have access to electricity and 92% rely on fuel powered lamps (mainly kerosene) for light. When they can afford it, most people in Timor burn 1.5 – 2 liters of kerosene a week. One liter of kerosene costs about $1.25 in urban settings but in remote areas doubles to $2 - $2.5.
A lack of light is a handicap, as it deprives communities of income generating activities, such as sewing and repair of fishing nets; handicraft production; cooking snacks for sale. It also affects school study, community meetings and general household lighting. Most household activities are done by women and children – a lack of lighting impacts them the most.
We are aiming to eliminate kerosene from Oecusse and eventually provide every household with clean, bright and safe light.
In the short term, families save money by not having to buy kerosene and spend less on medical bills due to treatment of respiratory illness.
In the long term, increased productivity due to facilitation of evening work and better quality of light for children to study by, all lead to an improved quality of life for the rural poor.
In this round of solar light delivery, Kopernik and FEEO will distribute:
Potentially 330 families, and 1650 people (avg. household size = 5)
Each household in one suco of Oecusse will be offered the opportunity to purchase a solar lamp at a subsidized price
Oecusse is Timor-Leste’s isolated enclave in West Timor with a population of around 70,000. 45% of the population in Oecusse lives below the national poverty line. Transport to and from and within Oecusse is limited - the cost of basic goods in Oecusse is higher than Dili. Food shortages are common in Oecusse. Almost every household reports that there is at least one month per year when their household does not have enough to eat. The average per capita expenditure in Oecusse is estimated to be around $23 per month (ranging from $7 to $108 per month).
The lights will be distributed to households in one suco (administrative division) at a subsidized price . It is expected that after households make the switch from kerosene to solar lighting the following changes will occur:
We will conduct a baseline and follow up assessment to measure the impact of the lamps.
The lights are being sold at the following subsidized prices:
$7,464 in sales revenue generated from the fifth phase of the project is being reused to purchase technologies for the current round of solar light delivery.
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product (S250) | Cost of technology | 30.15 | 200 | 6000.30 |
| Product (S10) | Cost of technology | 10.40 | 100 | 1040.00 |
| Product (S1) | Cost of technology | 7.80 | 30 | 160.00 |
| Shipping cost | 160 | 1 | 160.00 | |
| TOTAL BUDGET | 7464.00 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
FEEO will provide the human resources to conduct awareness raising, surveys, distribution and training for all activities.
Solar lights will help stop flashlight batteries being thrown overboard from fishing boats, saving the waters of Atauro island, and replace the dim, dangerous kerosene lamps used by households without access to electricity, saving families money.
Most of the population living on Atauro island rely on unhealthy and dim kerosene lamps as their main source of lighting. As well as causing health problems, kerosene lamps produce little light and kerosene is expensive. The majority of the population of the island rely on the fishing industry for income, and flashlights are used to help them fish in the dark. Currently, there is no designated or safe place to dispose of the used batteries, causing significant environmental issues. Some households also burn flip-flops as their source of lighting. This practice is not only bad for their health but it is also dangerous, especially for kids. The first phase of the Bring Clean, Bright Light to Atauro project was implemented by Kopernik in partnership with Move Forward from July to September 2012. Through this partnership 200 units of d.lights have been distributed to selected households in four sub-villages of Bikeli Village. There is still a huge need and demand. Bikeli itself consists of 549 households and there are also more households in other villages in need of the d.light solar lights.
The d.light S250 is a portable and durable solar light that can also charge mobile phones. Its bright white light illuminates a room as much as a 3-5 Watt CFL lamp, and it provides up to 10 times more light than a kerosene lamp.
400 solar lights distributed to households with an average of five household members means that up to 2,000 people will benefit from this project.
Households who use kerosene lights, battery-powered flashlights, flip-flops and generators as the main sources of lighting. Most of these households are dependent on fishing and subsistence agriculture.
Prior to the previous round of distribution, Move Forward met with the sub-village chiefs to show them the d.light solar lights and provide the list of families who had registered interested in purchasing them. Because the demand exceeded the supply, the sub-village chiefs met with all of the potential beneficiaries and together they decided based on socio-economic status which families were most in need and had priority to purchase the solar lights.
The next batch of d.lights will be distributed to the families registered on the list who did not get the opportunity to purchase the light during the first phase of the project.
This project will be partially funded with the money raised from selling d.lights at a subsidized price during the first phase of the project.
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product | Cost of technology | 29 | 400 | 11,600 |
| Wire transfer fee | 45 | 1 | 45 | |
| Paypal/other payment processing fee | 3.3% average based on the average size of project and average donation amount | 3.30% | 443 | |
| Kopernik 10% | In order to cover due diligence cost that Kopernik conducts | 1,343 | ||
| SUB-TOTAL BUDGET | 13,431 | |||
| Repayment from Move Forward | Revenue from Distribution Phase One | 1,718 | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 11,713 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
Repayment with the money collected from the first phase of the project, awareness-raising and distribution of the d.lights.
This is a special project that facilitates green technology adoption and creates new business opportunities for poor women in East Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia that do not require them to take on risk or debt.
Indonesian Census Data (2007) indicates that 13.7 percent of Indonesian households are headed by women – that’s over 6 million households. However, according to Indonesian law, the head of a household must be a man, thus a woman who finds herself as the head of her family faces a whole range of discriminatory policies and practices. For example, without the formal recognition as a head of household a woman cannot access the nation’s pro-poor poverty alleviation programs, such as free health care, cash transfers and rice subsidies. Women heads of household cannot even get a birth certificate for their children.
The households headed by women are generally poor, aged between 20 to 60 years old. Almost 40 percent are illiterate and have never gone to school. These women typically have up to six dependents and their income is often as low as less than USD $1per day. These women heads of household are typically widows, women who have been abandoned by their husbands, or survivors of violence.
The link between the loss of a male head of household and poverty is well known. Not only are families instantly plunged into poverty, but poverty becomes the fate of future generations: children are often pulled from school by mothers unable to pay school fees and in need of children to work for additional family income.
Working with an existing network of women's groups across Indonesia (comprising of women who are heads of households), Kopernik will provide women with training and a range of green, life-improving technology (such as bio mass fuel-efficient cook-stoves, solar lights and water purifiers) on consignment. The women will become technology agents and sell the products to their communities. Once they make a sale, they earn a commission, repay Kopernik for the cost of the products and replenish their inventory. Kopernik will then reinvest these funds and purchase more technology to benefit more women’s groups in other locations.
The women will also receive training in a simple maintenance and care program that will enable them to provide ongoing support and product maintenance.
The Kopernik technology agent consignment and maintenance program will provide much needed regular income (one of the most effective antipoverty measures) for the women – without them having to take on debt or risk. It will also bring other significant yet less tangible benefits – newfound confidence in themselves and respect within their communities, as they become agents of innovative technology and agents of change.
So far this special program has been implemented in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, and it is now being expanded to East Nusa Tenggara.
263 women initially
Poor women who are the heads of households and have the responsibility as bread winner, household manager, and decision maker including:
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product d.light S250 | Cost of technology (inclusive of shipping) | 39 | 192 | 7,488 |
| Product d.light S10 | Cost of technology (inclusive of shipping) | 17 | 71 | 1,207 |
| Tech Fair | 1,500 | 1 | 1,500 | |
| Wire transfer fee | 45 | 1 | 45 | |
| Training, baseline survey and awareness raising | Car rental and staff cost | 2,500 | 1 | 2,500 |
| Monitoring and oversight | Staff and travel cost | 1,254 | 1 | 1,254 |
| Paypal/other payment processing fee | 3.3% average based on the average size of project and average donation amount | 3.30% | 533 | |
| Kopernik 10% | In order to cover due diligence cost that Kopernik conducts | 1,614 | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 16,141 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
This is a special project that facilitates green technology adoption and creates new business opportunities for poor women in East Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia that do not require them to take on risk or debt.
Indonesian Census Data (2007) indicates that 13.7% of Indonesian households are headed by women – that’s over 6 million households. However, according to Indonesian law, the head of a household must be a man, thus a woman who finds herself as the head of her family faces a whole range of discriminatory policies and practices. For example, without the formal recognition as a head of household she cannot access the nation’s pro-poor poverty alleviation programs, such as free health care, cash transfers and rice subsidies. She can’t even get a birth certificate for her child.
The households headed by women are generally poor. The women are typically between 20 to 60 years old. Almost 40 percent are illiterate and have never gone to school. They have up to six dependents and their income is often as low as less than one US dollar per day. They are typically widows or women who have been abandoned by their husbands. Many are survivors of violence.
The link between the loss of a male head of household and poverty is well known and is economically devastating to already poor families. Not only are families instantly plunged into poverty, but poverty becomes the fate of future generations, with children being pulled from their schools by mothers unable to pay school fees, and needing them to work for family survival.
Working with an existing network of women's groups across Indonesia (comprising of women who are heads of households), Kopernik will provide women with training and a range of green, life-improving technology (such as bio mass fuel-efficient cook-stoves, solar lights and water purifiers) on consignment. The women will become technology agents and sell the products to their communities. Once they make a sale, they earn a commission, repay Kopernik for the cost of the products and replenish their inventory. Kopernik will then reinvest these funds and purchase more technology to benefit more women’s groups in other locations.
The women will also receive training in a simple maintenance and care program that will enable them to provide ongoing support and product maintenance.
The Kopernik technology agent consignment and maintenance program will provide much needed regular income (one of the most effective antipoverty measures) for the women – without them having to take on debt or risk. It will also bring other significant yet less tangible benefits – newfound confidence in themselves and respect within their communities, as they become agents of innovative technology and agents of change.
So far this special program has been implemented in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, and it is now being expanded to East Nusa Tenggara.
346 women initially
Poor women who are the heads of households and have the responsibility as bread winner, household manager, and decision maker including:
Divorced women
Widows
Single or unmarried women
Housewives with disabilities or a permanently ill husband
Married women abandoned by their husbands and left with unclear status
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product | Cost of technology (inclusive of shipping) | 14 | 346 | 4,844 |
| Tech Fair | 1,500 | 1 | 1,500 | |
| Wire transfer fee | 45 | 1 | 45 | |
| Training, baseline survey and awareness raising | Car rental and staff cost | 2,500 | 1 | 2,500 |
| Monitoring and oversight | Staff and travel cost | 1,254 | 1 | 1,254 |
| Paypal/other payment processing fee | 3.3% average based on the average size of project and average donation amount | 3.30% | 386 | |
| Kopernik 10% | In order to cover due diligence cost that Kopernik conducts | 1,170 | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 11,699 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
This project aims to light up every household in Oecusse with a d.light solar light, so families can become independent of kerosene and have a brighter future.
Over the last several decades, nearly 70% of East Timor's homes and infrastructure were destroyed in war and almost 200,000 East Timorese were killed or died from war-related starvation and disease. Oecusse is an isolated enclave within East Timor that is almost completely without electricity and has a population of 67,000 people. Almost every household in this district reports that there is at least one month per year when their household does not have enough to eat.
Less than 1% of the Oecusse population have access to electricity and 92% rely on fuel powered lamps (mainly kerosene) for light. When they can afford it, most people in Timor burn 1.5 – 2 liters of kerosene a week. One liter of kerosene costs about $1.25 in urban settings but in remote areas doubles to $2 - $2.5.
A lack of light is a handicap, as it deprives communities of income generating activities, such as sewing and repair of fishing nets; handicraft production; cooking snacks for sale. It also affects school study, community meetings and general household lighting. Most household activities are done by women and children – a lack of lighting impacts them the most.
We are aiming to eliminate kerosene from Oecusse and eventually provide every household with clean, bright and safe light.
In the short term, families save money by not having to buy kerosene and spend less on medical bills due to treatment of respiratory illness.
In the long term, increased productivity due to facilitation of evening work and better quality of light for children to study by, all lead to an improved quality of life for the rural poor.
In this round of solar light delivery, Kopernik and FEEO will distribute:
Up to 1237 households, and 6185 people (avg. household size = 5)
Each household in one Suco of Oecusse will be offered the opportunity to purchase a solar lamp at a subsidized price
Oecusse is Timor-Leste’s isolated enclave in West Timor with a population of around 70,000. 45% of the population in Oecusse lives below the national poverty line. Transport to and from and within Oecusse is limited - the cost of basic goods in Oecusse is higher than Dili. Food shortages are common in Oecusse. Almost every household reports that there is at least one month per year when their household does not have enough to eat. The average per capita expenditure in Oecusse is estimated to be around $23 per month (ranging from $7 to $108 per month).
The lights will be distributed to households in one suco (administrative division) at a subsidized price . It is expected that after households make the switch from kerosene to solar lighting the following changes will occur:
We will conduct a baseline and follow up assessment to measure the impact of the lamps.
The lights are being sold at the following subsidized prices:
$15102 in sales revenue generated from the third phase of the project is being reinvested to purchase technologies for the current round of solar light delivery. Additional project funds were donated by Daiwa Securities.
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost |
| Product (S250) | Cost of technology | 21.94 | 742 | 16,279 |
| Product (S10) | Cost of technology | 7.56 | 495 | 3,742 |
| Product (S10) | Replacement batteries | 1.89 | 100 | 189 |
| Product (S250) | Replacement batteries | 2.78 | 200 | 278 |
| Wire transfer fee | 45 | 2 | 90 | |
| Shipping cost | Sea freight to Dili, Timor-Leste | 2150 | 1 | 2,150 |
| Clearance and duty | 1,263 | 1 | 1,263 | |
| Unloading fee | 30 | 1 | 30 | |
| Kopernik 10% | Due diligence costs | 2,402 | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 26,423 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
FEEO will provide the human resources to conduct awareness raising, surveys, distribution and training for all activities.
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Give vulnerable people in Burundi the power to sell solar lights to their community, building their dignity, providing their communities with needed light and helping the environment.
In Burundi, 80 percent of the population lacks access to electricity; the remaining 20 percent have no continual electricity. These leads to 80 percent of people in Burundi completely relying upon kerosene, candles and wood for household light, while 10 percent use kerosene and candles when there is shortage of electricity.
The strength of the sun in Burundi is strong, there is a great opportunity for the Greenlight Sun King Pro solar lanterns to reduce reliance on expensive and dangerous fuels. This demand also presents great for poor and vulnerable people to sell the Greenlight Sun King Pro lanterns, building their dignity, social value and creating economic growth. Shining their path out of poverty with eco-friendly solar lights.
Local partner, SHINE, has already started to sell Sun King Pro lanterns with great success. With each lantern, the salesperson earns US $6.60 (which is two days food). In addition to their own personal economic stability, he/she is reducing CO2 emissions and reinforcing good household health within his/her community. The sales method includes working in groups of solidarity (SG) which reinforces social cohesion.
Initially, 150 people, but ,any people will benefit from this business. There are six SG of five members each. Each SG sells 15 lanterns monthly to 15 households. These households are invited to sell the lanterns as well.
Poor and vulnerable women that live on less than US $1 a day will sell the lanterns. Some of them are single mothers and others are widows of war and/or diagnosed with HIV. The program hopes to extend to young graduates who have no jobs as well.
Local partner SHINE will distribute the products to SG kiosks. The SG members will sell the products to the population. And each buyer bringing another buyer will be paid 2$USA per sold lantern.
| Item | Explanation | Unit cost | Quantity | Cost (USD) |
| Product | Cost of the technology and shipping to area distributer | 30 | 150 | 4,500 |
| Shipping | Potential cost of transport from area distributer to SHINE | 150 | 1 | 150 |
| Wire transfer fee | 30 | 2 | 60 | |
| Clearance and local duty | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paypal/other payment processing fee | 3.3% average based on the average size of project and average donation amount | 3.30% | 179 | |
| Kopernik 10% | In order to cover due diligence cost that Kopernik conducts | 543 | ||
| TOTAL BUDGET | 5,433 |
Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and shipping costs may change the final quantity of technologies shipped for this project.
Financial contribution: US $500
Non-financial contribution: selling, distribution, in-country transport, capacity building
This project provides impoverished members of organized sales groups with Greenlight Planet Sun King Pros in order for them to sell within their community, providing access to affordable, life-improving technology while paving their paths and the paths of their community members out of poverty.
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