Halima in her bedroom where she has installed one of the SatLights.
Caroline has been busy gathering feedback from the off-grid families that have been set up with GravityLight, gaining valuable insights on their experiences with using it. Last weekend we revisited Halima Mumba and her family to see how they were getting on with their GravityLight.
A little over a week ago, Caroline returned to Kenya to connect with several organisations who are trialling samples of GravityLight with sales agents and off-grid families. This weekly blog will provide you with the latest updates on the trip.
“The [kerosene] lamp emits smoke little by little and it fills the house and so it becomes a problem because children can have chest problems. Therefore it is not good. It does not have any advantage, just that one doesn’t have a choice that is why we use it… If I get something like this [GravityLight], I will not go back to using kerosene. This is because it cannot make someone sick, it will make one to have good health because it does not emit anything…”
In December, Caroline took the first SLA prototype along with these packaging and instruction guides out to Kenya to gather feedback from 40 men and women living with little, if any electricity around Nairobi county.
