About Us
WHO WE ARE
Addressing the Energy challenges of students living in grid less villages in Ghana and across Africa.
Close to 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without grid electricity.
This lack of modern energy services severely limit educational and economic opportunities, as well as negatively impacting day-to-day quality of life and health. Those without electricity often use polluting and expensive lighting sources such as kerosene lamps or candles. The fumes of which can cause serious health problems.
Moreover, without access to electricity, over 3.5 million Africans die every year from harmful pollutants or fires in the home produced by costly and toxic solid fuels.
Modern, high-quality off-grid lighting and energy products such as solar power lamps offer a real and sustainable alternative to the off-grid population.
To meet these challenges, Light My World International has been created to bring clean, renewable and affordable energy solutions primarily to rural and off-grid areas in Ghana and Africa.
WHAT WE DO
The goal of the Light My World International is to provide solutions to the energy crisis in rural communities of Ghana and the Africa sub region through innovative, clean and accessible solar solutions – including: solar powered LED lamps, home-based solar kits, and recharge stations.
Starting from Ghana, Light My World International seeks to extends its operations to other countries in the continent where the challenge is eminent. Using solar technology, we will provide solar lamps that can generate hours of bright and safe light which can last between 6 hours – 12 hours during the evening and hours. A clean, affordable source of light brightens the household for family to enjoy and benefit from.
Our designed solar lamps would be portable, durable and easy to use by all age groups. It can be charged by simply placing it under the sunlight during the day and used during the night for education and other vital activities without any further cost over the lifetime of the solar lamp for ages.
Light My World “Go Pro” lamps (a solar-powered lamp) are low-cost, easy-to-use, durable solar LED light powered by small solar panels. The lamp recharges in the sunlight during the day and provide pupils and families with a clean, bright light at night. After just some few days, the light pays for themselves by eliminating the cost of burning kerosene and daily purchase of candles to provide light after sunset.
With our introduction of LED solar powered lamps, it will save families great deal of amount spent on burning kerosene or candles within a month and over the year.
With some subsidized collaborations, we want to have in place a reliable light source to the household of every child living without electricity.
OUR TEAM
Samuel Afadu
Samuel is a Co-Founder of Light My World International. Having read and studied the plight of inhabitants of communities without electricity in the world especially in Africa, Samuel organized the team to come together and propose solutions to such situation.
As a passionate social and wellbeing individual, Samuel has been part of high profile international meetings such as the UN Youth Assembly which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 2017 where he deliberated with over 1500 youth from all over the world discussing and initiating policies for social inclusion and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations. Currently, he is also a Shaper of the Global Shapers Prague Hub under the World Economic Forum. Samuel has designed, participated and led youth action projects from his involvement in AIESEC, a global non- governmental organization present in over 124 countries serving as Social Projects Director both in Ghana and Moldova which executed projects in close collaboration with stakeholders.
Samuel serves as the Strategy and Innovation Advisor for Light My World International always looking out for various innovative ideas, voice for the voiceless to tackle some of the continent’s most pressing challenges such as Energy and Education.
Esther Koomson, LLB., BL.
Esther is a founding member and director of Light My World International. She is also an Associate at Landmark Legal. She is attached to the Investment Mining and Finance practice group of the firm. Esther holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and a Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law, Accra and a member of the Ghana Bar Association. She was adjudged the best student in Alternative Dispute Resolution for the year 2014/2015, Ghana School of Law, Accra. She is also a member of Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration) which is world-wide arbitration knowledge network for young practitioners and students.
Esther has also worked with Green Advocacy Ghana, a non-governmental organization in Ghana. During her internship, she worked on the e-waste project which aimed at finding solutions to the problem of e-waste in Ghana.
Esther has a strong passion for identifying problems within her community in Ghana and providing solutions to same, hence her involvement with LMWI to help bring light to that school boy/girl in the poorest community in Ghana, many kilometers away from the capital city of Accra, who does not have access to light. Esther will be managing the projects fundraising and partnerships strategy as well as a Legal Administrator for LMWI.
Joseph Anyinka
Joseph is currently the Empowerment Coordinator at Afrika Youth Movement, a pan-African, action-oriented, youth-led movement that believes in the active participation and leadership of African youth to transform Africa and achieve their rights to peace and social justice. He is also one of the founding members of Light my World International who will be serving as the Volunteers and Project Coordinator in charge of coordinating, monitoring and spearheading the training and recruiting of international volunteers to be stationed in villages and communities for the project implementation.
Joseph is very enthusiastic about community development, environmental issues and youth empowerment which have seen him attending and speaking at regional and global conferences. Over the past seven years he has led various projects with other organizations promoting global integration and citizenship. He is currently an MPH student at the KNUST Africa Institute of Sanitation and Waste Management.
Joseph doubles as the Co-Founder of ShyOut, a web-app that provides free family planning services to young people and Innovations Manager at Kente Master.
Emmanuel Asante Gyimah
Gyimah holds a degree in Computer Science Engineering from KNUST and has an extensive experience working with children and students from all the levels around the regions of Ghana.
As a Co-Founder of Light My World International, he is also empowering youth through his NGO, Action Empowerment Foundation (AEF) through voluntary activities like Healthcare to the communities, Educational supports to high schools and entrepreneurial engagements with the tertiary and youth in the communities. Gyimah has been responsible for implementing the successful community-based sensitization projects in health, ICT literacy and Sustainable resource management.
He will be managing our Operations and Social Outreach Engagement with Stakeholders. He has over six years of experience in the non-profit sector starting back from his active involvement in AIESEC at KNUST. Gyimah has worked with Operation Mobilization Ghana making impacts in the Northern and Western regions of Ghana, Youth Development and Advocate Foundation (YUDAF) and currently with Edify Ghana reaching out to schools.