Energy Crisis in world's poorest populations
Access to electricity is paramount to creating greater change to an area. Without it, these populations will never be able to become self sustaining.
Energy Accessibility in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
The United Nations organizes Sustainable Development Goals aimed at eliminating poverty. In their most recent agenda, Energy Access ranked 7th, directly behind Clean Water and Sanitation.
Energy is crucial to the eradication of poverty through advancements in health, education, water supply, and industrialization
United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals
detrimental cooking & heating Methods
Cooking over open indoor fire.
Typical unvented wood indoor stove.
Many people around the world utilizes wood or coal burning fires inside their poorly ventilated homes. Inhaling this smoke is harmful to health, resulting in a number of lung and eye diseases.
The U.n. reports Over 3,500,000 people die each year
from indoor air pollution
It is also common for children to miss out on school because they must search for firewood. Typically, the girls of the household are asked to skip class to walk large distances, often filled with danger, in pursuit of scarce kindling.
Populations living under duress
In fragile economies refugees of war and natural disaster find themselves displaced from their homes.
They often need to spend long periods of time in refugee camps and similar situations as they await a better life.
Energy access is crucial for these people as they begin to rebuild their lives.
