Light Up Malawi

We are very excited to announce that Light Up Malawi will be featured on the Unreasonable Institute Marketplace to participate in the final round of a competition that will secure investors, advisors and put us on the fast track to making this idea a success.We’ve made the cut down from 284 amazing ideas to be part of the final 42! One more round of vetting to go…

The marketplace is a crowdsourcing competition to determine which organizations get the twenty-five spots. The first twenty-five to raise US $6,500 will be accepted. The catch, though, is that the system is structured against receiving large donations: donors can only give $10 per person on the first week, $50 per person on the second week, and so on. Instead of waiting for the final weeks to secure US $500 + donations, we need to assume that the winners will be able to mobilize 650 people to donate $10 in the first few days. I’ll send another email once the finalist marketplace goes live and we have a URL to point people to.Its entirely possible to get $6500 raised in 24 hours – its a race to get the help to help the people!

Please join us as we embark on taking one country at a time to 100% penetration of sustainable energy. You can help by spreading the word or by making a small donation. Anything reached above the $6500 will be put towards buying solar lanterns for Haiti and helping with their ongoing energy needs.