Lighting Up Africa

Enabling Life in the Evening in Rural Africa: Philips

Community Light Centers

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The story of Frederick and ‘Soccer Kesha’

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The Philips Vision: We strive to make the world

healthier and more sustainable through innovation

Our Mission: Improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation

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The Inspiration: 560 million Africans live in off-grid

areas, without electricity, and are at a disadvantage

compared to other world communities

Our commitment : To ‘light up Africa’ with the

creation of Community Light Centers

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What is a community light center?

What is a “Community Light Center”?

It is an area of 1000m2 , lit using the latest Solar

powered LED lighting

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We will deliver over 100 “Community Light Centers”

across Africa in collaboration with the KNVB and

supported by the UN

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We invite the Sustainable Brands community to join

us in Lighting up Africa!

Principal Paul Ojero, Raila Education

Centre in Kibera

• One light center available

for use by SB community

• Where: Raila Education

Centre in Kibera, Nairobi,

Kenya

• What: education

sessions, community

meetings, market place,

sports gatherings

• How: schedule via the

school principal

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Vincent, 14

“I like playing football so much.

Before these lights were here, we

even played by the light of a torch

powered by batteries. But of course

that didn’t really work well. Now we

can play properly”

“Things have changed a lot because

of the lights. We have electricity at

home, but when there’s a power

blackout I come here to read and

study. I think that already happened

about five times.” Catherine, 15

The impact of the light centers, from the students

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Frederick and ‘Soccer Kesha’ . . .enabling life in the

evening

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