Watts of Love

DID YOU KNOW? Our program recipients not only receive a personal solar light, but they are also provided financial literacy education and meet with one of our local trainers to set personal financial goals!

JOIN THE MOVEMENT! Are you looking for a way to get involved with Watts of Love and help spread light? Here is your opportunity! We have a new fundraiser called "MOVEment to End Poverty"
Scott and Jessica Hein spearheaded this movement last year when Scott rode his bicycle 1000 miles to raise awareness and funding to light the word.
This summer you can join in the MOVEment! All you need to do is pick an activity, bike, run, walk, skip... it's up to you. We will help you set up a fundraising site and you encourage your friends and family to join you and contribute!
The first step is to register as an individual or a team with the link below.
https://zurl.co/ZXPj

Help us light the world! Join the MOVEment to End Poverty!

Smiles, a solar light, and financial literacy education mean a bright future!

Our unique combination of financial literacy training and a patented solar light can allow a family to save on average $155 a year. That is the initial savings, but what makes recipients smile like this is when we teach them how to invest and grow their savings!

Chalk Couture in May helped brighten faces in Malawi spreading light and financial literacy education. Their continued support has brought hope and love to thousands of families!

Traveling with Watts of Love means dirt roads, long days and more joy than you can imagine! Are you ready to bring one program with immediate impact to a community?
Contact us today https://zurl.co/F7iM

DID YOU KNOW? One light for a family means an additional six hours of productivity every day!

Mathews is one of our trusted partners in Malawi. Your donations are what allow us to have a successful Lighthouse in the Dedza region which is a commitment of 20,000 lights to one community in four years.
Donate today! https://zurl.co/leHz

Nastirian from Northern Kenya has set a goal to save 800 shillings per month because she no longer needs to buy batteries! That means money saved, fewer batteries contaminating her soil, and more work hours at night! We can't wait to return and see her progress.

JOSE & LEONILA
Facing poverty on the Philippines' Ilin Island, they overcame challenges by transitioning from fishing to shoemaking after Jose suffered a foot injury. The gift of Watts of Love's solar light and financial education transformed their lives.

With disciplined savings, they bought a pig, turning 1800 PHP (33 USD) into 21,600 PHP (400 USD) in just 9 months. This success enabled them to afford medicine, a tin roof, and surgery for Jose. Now stable, their new dreams include upgrading their shoemaking business and opening a sari-sari store.

ONE SOLAR LIGHT provides an additional 240 hours of study time per year for each child in the home!

Watts of Love brought solar lights and financial literacy training to 1,252 families in the Dedza region of Malawi in April. That means 390,624 fewer batteries contaminating the soil per year. Amazing!

Fathers in Malawi empowered and equipped to provide bright futures for their families!
Happy Fathers Day!

“The act of giving creates a ripple effect of happiness and positivity that extends far beyond the initial act.” Unknown

JORDAN
Soon after receiving his Watts of Love solar light, Jordan used its strobe function to ward off destructive elephants, protecting his home. Then, empowered by Watts of Love’s financial literacy training, he started saving what he previously spent on batteries, allowing him to afford medical care for his injured leg. Continuing to save, he now owns chickens and sells the eggs and chicks. This additional income allows Jordan to provide extra food and shelter for his grandchildren.

Tonight, Watts of Love Founder & CEO Nancy Economou will be speaking at the North Shore Civic Club on the environmental impacts of electrification locally and globally.

While in Northern Kenya in April, our newly-trained local team taught community members how safe, solar light partnered with financial literacy training can create a safer place for their families with less CO2 emission and fewer discarded batteries in the soil.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr.

Give Love - Give Light

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Join us for an illuminating evening about the future of energy in our community and around the world. Watts of Love Founder and CEO Nancy Economou is among the speakers discussing innovative climate solutions and the economic impacts of electrification locally and globally.

Register today https://zurl.co/Bt7q

In addition to speakers there will be a Q&A session, please come with questions.
Refreshments Provided.
Doors Open at 5:30pm, Speakers at 6pm

Remembering the joy and hospitality of the people of Northern Kenya.
Love - Light - Financial Literacy

This week, Nancy Economou, Founder and CEO, and Mary Barton, Director of Development at Watts of Love, attended the Social Innovation Summit in Chicago where they were surrounded by more than 1,000 like-minded individuals, all committed to finding solutions to some of the world's biggest social challenges.

Click on the link below for an article by Gil Bashe highlighting Watts of Love.

https://zurl.co/BgeQ

PATRICIA & AGGIE
The chief of Waiyatsa in Malawi chose Patricia and Aggie's grandfather to receive a Watts of Love solar light due to his age. Despite not physically having a solar light themselves, Watts of Love's financial literacy training has profoundly impacted his 18-year-old granddaughters, both mothers. Since receiving the training in July 2023, they've pooled resources to purchase their first chicken. The transformative power of teaching concepts like "savings" and "investing" has put Patricia and Aggie on their own paths toward financial freedom.

Chalk Couture is hands-on with their support of our "One Program, Immediate Impact" mission. Financial literacy and solar lighting are how we are ending generational poverty.

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Join us for an illuminating evening about the future of energy in our community and around the world. Speakers, Including Nancy Economou, will discuss the technology needed to electrify the North Shore, innovative climate solutions, and the economic impacts of electrification locally and globally.

Register today https://zurl.co/Bt7q

In addition to speakers there will be a Q&A session, please come with questions.
Refreshments Provided.
Doors Open at 5:30pm, Speakers at 6pm

Young mothers and their children will now have bright futures. They have been taught financial literacy and know how to save and invest the money they were spending on batteries of kerosene.

Did you know we have Watts of Love merchandise available to purchase to help support our work to end poverty? We have our special book outlining our mission and history, hats, shirts as well as our patented solar light.
Visit our online store today.
https://zurl.co/weTS

AXEL
Empowered by a Watts of Love solar light and our financial literacy training, Axel wasted no time saving. He saved enough to send all four of his children to school and acquired two pigs. With a strategic vision, he plans to breed the pigs and sell the piglets for additional income. Axel's Big Dream is to build a spacious house with a tin roof, a dream now within reach.

Our Chalk Couture partners continue to support our mission by fundraising and traveling with us to spread light and hope.

Returning home with their new solar light after a distribution means that not only will they have light that evening, but it also means that they received the financial literacy training and understand the power and savings this solar light will provide.

The sun shines on our distribution in Malawi last month.
Happy Memorial Day, with hopes that the light will shine on all.

MAKI started saving after receiving his solar light and bought five chickens. Later, faced with elephants threatening the village, he used the strobe function of his solar light to protect homes and livestock. As he continues to save, Maki's Big Dream is to purchase a cow.