By Kristine Pearson | CEO
Kristine Pearson, CEO of Lifeline Energy, is in Kenya distributing Lifelights to women who normally use kerosene, candles or firewood to light their homes. These fuel-based lighting techniques are not only expensive (women spend up to 40% of their income on kerosene) but are also known to cause irreparable damage to the lungs and eyes.
Gladys Kadogomoses – an HIV positive widow who was given a Lifelight during a recent distribution by Lifeline Energy – is just one example of how the Lifelight has brightened lives. During Kristine’s recent visit to Kakamega – where Gladys lives – the mother of three spoke about the positive impact the Lifelight has made for her family. Gladys said the Lifelight is making it possible for her children to study at night for the first time and for them to use the bathroom at night. She said: “Without this light, at night we are otherwise forced to use a small white bucket.”
She also spoke about the considerable savings she could make by using the Lifelight, instead of spending on kerosene. Like many other women in the area, Gladys spends roughly US$135 a year on kerosene – a staggering figure for single-mothers living in poverty.
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You can find out more about Lifeline Energy’s Lighting Kenyan Women's Lives initiative or related projects by visiting our website http://www.lifelineenergy.org <http://www.lifelineenergy.org> .
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