Location: Near Nyamata town, Rwanda | I first met Sonia in October 2009 when she received her Lifelight. She was shy for her age and wore her best Sunday yellow church dress with frills and lace to the distribution session held at a local community hall.
For nearly three years, I’ve been focusing on understanding the use of firewood, kerosene and candles by vulnerable children and women in sub-Saharan Africa. I often write and speak about how kerosene, outside South Africa.
Its great to be back at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. This is the 7th time that I’ve attended the WEF in Switzerland. There’s are lots of new faces as well as many familiar ones.
I visited numerous informal settlements in my home country Kenya however I was embarrassed at my naivety when I visited MaAfrika Tikkun, for having never considered the importance of clean lighting.