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june 06, 2017 - Jaguar

Jaguar Land Rover lights up one million lives in Kenya

  • Jaguar Land Rover announce ‘Lighting up Lives’ collaboration with #sustainability experts ClimateCare to bring safe and clean light to 1.2 million people in East Africa
  • Collaboration commits to empowering communities with affordable technology that changes lives, giving families up to four hours more light each evening and replacing hazardous kerosene fuel
  • Project showcased at Hay Festival this week with immersive storytelling sessions designed for children and their families
  • Festival guests will enjoy one-of-a-kind ‘Night Time Sun’ art installation designed to showcase the power of the sun to transform lives

Hay Festival, UK, 28 May 2017:  Jaguar Land Rover and ClimateCare today announce a #partnership to bring clean solar technology to off-grid communities in Kenya. This innovative social impact programme, called ’Lighting up Lives’ supports children like 14-year old Franklin Kishsta, a pupil at Kasooni School, Kalawa, Kenya. Franklin is just one of more than one million people living in isolated or off-grid communities who will benefit from the programme. “I finish all of my homework now” said the boy who dreams of becoming an engineer one day, “before I could not do it at home when it was dark. I know my parents are much happier now, and so am I.” 

Using kerosene light creates hazardous indoor pollutants, one of the biggest causes of premature death in Africa. #jaguarlandrover believes that renewable solar technology offers an affordable alternative. Education improves as children like Franklin can study, read and stay up to play after dark. Women enjoy greater opportunities to work and learn. Living conditions in homes are healthier and safer, and incomes improve.

This exciting new venture is exactly the type of programme that #jaguarlandrover wants to lead on in the future. Using technology for good and supporting the power of engineering to improve lives and help to build a cleaner future. Our purpose is to make responsible business relevant to everyone. By sharing our skills, our technology, our people and our passions we can make a difference to people's lives and prosperity.

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