Come light BRAZIL with us!
Around 800 million people worldwide currently do not have access to electricity. In Brazil this number is approximately 2 million people!*
Our solutions
The lack of lighting or poor lighting inside the houses (using, for example, a kerosene lamp or candle) makes it difficult for children to study, work (sew until later, make flour with better quality, etc.), carry out activities basics with more comfort and safety (such as dinner, finding medicine, breastfeeding, reading, walking), in addition to generating a risk of fire and, in the case of Candeeiro (kerosene lamp), harmful to health and being a pollutant.
The Liter of Light uses simple materials to make solar lighting accessible to the low-income population, bringing light to life for those who do not yet have adequate access to electricity. We train residents for the installation, replication and maintenance of technology. The technologies are made of simple materials like PVC pipe and PET bottle and are based on solar energy.
Social impacts
5 regions
from Brasil
+20K
impacted people
+3,700
installed solutions
Antonio Calcagnotto
Dir. de Sustentabilidade e Relações Institucionais da Audi Brasil
"The action exceeded my expectations! The organization was incredible, with division of tasks every day, alignment first thing in the morning, feedback at night, a very detailed schedule.
Seeing the reality of the residents, I could see that the impact was really intense. Some residents commented "it's very dark here, I'm afraid of falling when I get out of the boat and encountering an animal". And now with solar lighting they will be safer walking around the community.
A moment that stood out for me was when dawn broke in one of the communities that we lit the day before, it was approximately 4 am, when a boat traveling through the communities arrived and someone shouted "look, now there's light!". It was exciting!"