Country: Philippines

Year received program: 2013

First step: Selling Bamboo Barbeque sticks

Interesting fact: Nini was our first light recipient.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2022

First step: She used the light to gather grasshoppers at night and started a business selling them.

Big dream achieved: Her children now attend school.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: He stopped buying batteries and purchased chickens.

Interesting Fact: Frank is thankful for his light for allowing him to grow his farm. He also uses the strobe function of his solar light to scare away elephants that attempted to pass through their village.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2023

First step: Within two months, she was selling sweet potatoes.

Interesting Fact: She repurposes dead corn, selling it as feed to buy soap.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2020

First step: She purchased a goat.

Interesting fact: She is a widow, and grandmother and head of her household.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: She bought chickens and weaves matts at night.

Interesting fact: She is putting a tin roof on her house.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2023

First step: It took a couple of weeks for her to grasp Watts of Love's financial literacy training, but the smile on her face when she pulled out her savings of 1000 kwacha from her Watts of Love box spoke volumes.

Big dream: Felia plans to use her newfound knowledge and savings to send her grandchildren to school.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2022

First step: She is saving to help support her grown children and her grandchildren.

Big dream: To purchase a metal roof.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2023

First step: She is Investing in chickens.

Interesting fact: When the hospital lost power during a recent stay, her light became a valuable resource for the staff caring for patients in different rooms.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2019

First step: He bought chickens and then goats, then he purchased a rice plantation.

Interesting fact: Now his house has a tin roof, and his kids are at the top of their class in school.

Country: Philippines' Ilin Island

Year received program: 2014

First step: They bought a pig, turning 1800 PHP (33 USD) into 21,600 PHP (400 USD) in just 9 months.

Big dream achieved: Can now afford medicine, a tin roof, and surgery for Jose.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2023

First step: Saving money, enabling her to revive her local beer-selling business in less than two months.

Big dream: She wants to purchase chickens to sell the chicks, offering her enhanced financial security.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2023

First step: Two months after receiving her solar light, she purchased her first chicken.

Big dream: She wants to increase her farm.

Country: Uganda

Year received program: 2019

First step: Ruth has started a successful chicken and pig business.

Interesting fact: Ruth became the primary caregiver for her ten grandchildren when her daughters died of HIV.

Country: Kenya

Year received program: 2023

First step: He invested in chickens and a goat that quickly had its first kid.

Big dream: To sell future calves to fund his children's college education.

Country: Napal, Khokana leper colony

Year received program: 2018

First step: She is able to perform daily tasks easier.

Interesting fact: Thuli was instrumental in the redesign of our lights. She has no fingers, so pushing a button was impossible. After meeting her in 2016, Watts of Love returned to her colony with a redesigned light that she could turn it on and off easily.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: She can now work more productive and longer hours.

Interesting fact: Her daughter Martha went from struggling in school to top of her class.

Country: Uganda

Year received program: 2018

First step: He purchased a duck.

Interesting fact: The ducks have multiplied, giving them income and nourishment.

Country: Ilin Island Philippines

Year received program: 2018

First step: She used savings to purchase a chicken, sold eggs to purchase a pig, and sold livestock.

Big dream achieved: She is now an owner of a small sari-sari store in her village, her husband now works for her.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2018

First step: He used his light to increase his work hours sharpening tools.

Interesting fact: Knowing he could sharpen more tools, which would earn him more schillings, he retrofitted a grindstone to the rear axel of his bicycle. This not only increased his daily workflow, but it also made his business mobile.

Country: Haiti

Year received program: 2021

First step: She bought chickens first, paid her children’s medical bills and bought a pig.

Interesting fact: Daisy was our translator on a visit and was one of the biggest skeptics. On our next trip, she had completely changed her attitude and ws thriving!

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: He used the light's strobe function to scare off elephants from his crops.

Big dream achieved: He saved his battery profits to purchase a pig. After the pig had a litter, he sold one of the piglets and was able to send his children to school,

Country: Guatemala

Year received program: 2018

First step: He uses his light to prepare corn tortillas in the early morning and cook dinner for his three children in the evening.

Big dream achieved: He puts his savings towards school supplies for his children and has eliminated health risks from smoke inhalation.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: He invested his savings in his fishing business and bought a bike.

Big dream achieved: He has sent his children to secondary school and bought a motorcycle.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2023

First step: They pooled resources to purchase their first chicken.

Big dream: A new path toward financial freedom.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: He used its strobe function to ward off destructive elephants, protecting his home.

Big dream achieved: He received medical care for his injured leg. He now owns chickens and sells the eggs and chicks.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: He saved enough to send all four of his children to school and acquired two pigs.

Big dream: He wants to build a spacious house with a tin roof.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: He bought five chickens.

Big dream: He wants to purchase a cow.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: He invested in a goat.

Big dream achieved: The goat had four kids. Selling two of them enabled Yohan to buy a bicycle.

Country: Guatemala

Year received program: 2018

First step: She invested in household supplies and purchased two hens that quickly began laying eggs.

Big dream achieved: Elida also used the funds for her children's school supplies.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2021

First step: His initial savings allowed him to buy chickens, which, in turn, enabled him to acquire two goats.

Big dream: He wants to buy a larger home for his family.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2019

First step: They have been able to increased productivity after dark.

Interesting fact: Due to skin sensitivity, they're constrained to early morning or evening hours, limiting daytime productivity. Evenings bring threats, and previously using kerosene lamps, vital for safety, lead to exacerbating poverty.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2019

Before light: They studied only 30 minutes by candlelight each night.

Interesting fact: The brothers increased their study time from 30 minutes a night to two hours a night.

Country: Uganda

Year received program: 2019

First step: Within six months, she purchased two ducks and one chicken, and the chicken had five chicks.

Interesting fact: After receiving her solar light, she could weave three larger baskets weekly, making more money.

Country: Malawi

Year received program: 2022

First step: They started weaving together in the dark afternoons after spending the day caring for their crops.

Interesting fact: They formed a group named "aWATTSi" after Watts of Love.

Country: Mozambique

Year received program: 2013

First step: He saved his kerosene money for five months to put a tin roof on his house.

Interesting fact: He is looking forward to his family hearing the sound of rain on their new roof.