NGOs
Approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to electricity. Yet, access to electricity is essential to development: it enables businesses to stay open longer, household tasks to be performed more efficiently, health care facilities to provide services, and children to study after dark.
Fuel-based lighting is inefficient and requires the expense of continual replenishing. It can be dangerous to operate, with the potential for burns and fuel spills; it contributes to indoor air pollution; and it emits millions of tons of greenhouse gases annually. Battery-powered devices generally require replacement batteries to continue functionality, resulting in additional monetary costs and environmental impacts.
The K-Light was developed by the company PiSAT as an alternative to the hazards of fuel-based lighting used in developing countries. The Koinonia Foundation uses the K-Light as the basis for the Beacon Program.
Join the Koinonia Foundation in our goal to replace kerosene lighting in the developing world.
Nonprofit organizations that wish to use the K-Light for their own projects can purchase K-Lights at a discounted price. We hope that once you purchase the K-Light, you will “take it, use it, leave it” on your next project trip, thereby bringing clean, renewable energy to someone who could really use it.
Contact us or visit the PiSAT web site to find out more.
FEATURES
- 16 bright white LEDs last 100,000 hours
- Designed to last for 10 years of daily use
- Rechargeable 7.2 volt, 1.6 Ahr NiMH battery lasts approximately 3,000 charges
- At full charge, runs for 20 hours on the low power setting and 10 hours on the high power setting
- Removable cap for flashlight operation
- Water-resistant
- Shatter-resistant 1.5 watt solar panel
- Handles rotate 360 degrees, locking every 30 degrees
- Small and easily portable at 22 ounces
- Safe and cool to the touch
