We focus on the core four issues affecting people living in poverty.

Then, we invest in entrepreneurial solutions to those problems, to save children's lives.

A young girl in a purple uniform walks to her village water point to collect water in Uganda.
CLEAN AIR FOR ALL

1. Climate

Cooking over open fires is one of the world's biggest - but least known - killers of women and children. Affordable, locally-made cookstoves can make all the difference.

Problem: 3 billion people cook over open fires.

Four million people die each year from breathing in toxic cooking smoke. The smoke is harmful to their health and the environment. It is a major contributor of black carbon emissions, which leads to climate change.

Additionally, open fires require a lot of wood and charcoal, causing mass deforestation.

Solution: clean cookstoves

Stoves are made locally and sold by women in Kenya.

Each stove saves a family 20% of their daily expenses, because they use 50% less charcoal per day.

One stove saves six trees from being turned into charcoal each year and reduces carbon emissions by 1 ton.

Women cooking while covering eyes with a scarf in a smokey room.
A mom and her daughter sitting in their kitchen in Kenya with their clean cookstove nearby.
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FEEDING FAMILIES

2. Hunger

As climate shocks, inflation and food insecurity grows, Africa can grow food to fight famine.

A farmer shows us how hard it is to water crops with a bucket in Kenya.
Two smiling women watering crops with hoses.
KEEPING MOMS AND KIDS HEALTHY

3. Health

Pregnant mothers and children still die from preventable causes. Training women to become Community Health Workers is an effective solution.

A new mom looks at her baby in Uganda.
A community health worker in Uganda, checking on a child.
KEEP WATER WORKING

4. Water

1/3 of all wells in Africa are currently broken. Training women to run affordable water treatment kiosks helps the entire community drink clean water at an affordable price.

Problem: Broken Wells Don't Give People Clean Water.

Over one-third of all wells drilled in the last twenty years are now broken - 50,000 are currently broken in Africa alone.
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They usually remain broken because there are no tools, spare parts or trained mechanics nearby.

Solution: Water Kiosk Entrepreneurs

Three women from each community are selected and training to become Water Kiosk Entrepreneurs. It's their job to collect water from a nearby source, treat it, and sell it at an affordable price.

Women collecting water
A mom gives her child a drink from their new water kiosk in Ghana.

Save Lives Every Day.

Your support creates life-saving products and services that improve entire communities. From training well mechanics to providing farmers with better irrigation systems, you can support entrepreneurs year-round.

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