It’s been almost 13 years since Lytefire was founded in Finland by a group of (very) motivated people who want to facilitate access to clean energy to the most vulnerable populations, from the Global South, yes, and not only.
Vulnerable ? Yes. But given their incredible strengths and skills, not only.
Farmers who depend on extreme weather, heat waves, droughts or floods, them and the villages around them.
Women who have to go cut wood far from home, over a long distance with potential predators on the way, then sit in front of the open fire, coughing, prevented from implementing their entrepreneurial ideas due to the lack of access to abundant and clean energy.
Young adults facing severe economic challenges, who do not want to emigrate but are forced to do so in order to survive, and who never have access to an abundant source of clean energy to thrive.
We created Lytefire for them and it exists because some of them use it. It’s called : productive use of clean energy (i.e. making money from it).
Two days ago it was World Day of Social Justice and we missed it. We forgot to “communicate” about it. But who cares in the end ? This day is for us every day. It’s the same for all Lytefire users. It’s the same for all our customers and humanitarian partners.
Social justice and down-to-earth innovation will not be destroyed by over-spoiled leaders. It hasn’t been the case for centuries and it won’t be.
We will continue to cooperate with humans from very different backgrounds. We will continue to tailor cooperation to specific needs. And yes, we know it’s not the fastest business model, but it’s certainly a very robust model with a strong team behind it.
In our home country and elsewhere, many people didn’t believe we could do it. But we did.
The impact of this beautiful solar oven is real.
It’s not for everyone. It’s not for everywhere. But where it’s well used, it creates sustainable jobs.
Training on this beautiful piece of equipment has been created, but we’ll get to that later.
Meanwhile, thank you to all of you who believe with us into the possibility of social justice and into the reality of solidarity between people.
