Andrew Small

Andrew's Lumino to Lumino page

Fundraising for The GravityLight Foundation
£1,335
raised of £2,000 target
by 30 supporters
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Event: Lumino to Lumino Challenge, from 4 September 2015 to 12 September 2015
Participants: Chris Small, Tim Fonfara, Iaros Vychemirski, Freddie Nevel, Jamie Bishop, Helena Small, Graham Slade, Alex Kannemeyer ,
The GravityLight Foundation

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RCN 1158539
We design safe alternatives to kerosene to empower families out of energy poverty

Story

Almost 150 years after the invention of the electric lightbulb, more than 1.3 Billion people still live in darkness around the world

Those living in ‘light poverty’ rely on fuel-based lighting; often from home-made kerosene lamps.  This leads to long term health risks, poisoning, burns, fires and explosions

Every year 1.5 Billion women and children die from illnesses related to inhalation of kerosene fumes 

GravityLight  aims to change this and our ride to Switzerland aims to help them do so.  The GravityLight is an innovative way of generating light from gravity.  It takes just 3 seconds to lift the weight that powers GravityLight creating 25 minutes of light on its descent

The money we raise will go directly to The GravityLight Foundation and will help them in setting up a sustainable, local production facility in Kenya to produce GravityLight

About the charity

The GravityLight Foundation

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RCN 1158539
The GravityLight Foundation tackles poverty and protects the environment through innovative product design. Over 1.3 billion people don't have access to electricity; they rely on dangerous, expensive & polluting kerosene lamps for light. We design safe, affordable & reliable alternatives.

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£1,334.43
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
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£1,334.43
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