 Barefoot Firefly 5The Firefly 5 is a LED lamp that can be charged with the sun via a solar panel. It is 3 times brighter than a kerosene lamp and provides light for 6 hours on a high setting and 35 hours on a low setting. Barefoot Power is the winner of the 2010 World Bank Group Lighting Africa Award for best room lighting, top performance and best value categories for their PowaPack and Firefly range of solar lighting products. LEDs enable the development of lighting products suitable for use in developing countries at very low cost. Most poor households are burning between US$0.50 – US$2.00 each week on kerosene. This cash expenditure can be redirected towards much cleaner and more efficient LED lighting. Our careful pro-poor design has resulted in LED products that will payback within 6 months (some within 2 months!) |
Ongoing and Completed Proposals
Green light for forest community
Status: Completed.
Combating Desertification through Solar Lighting
Status: This project will sell low cost solar lamps to poor villagers on an installment basis, thereby making them affordable, saving villagers money spent on candles for lighting.
