WakaWaka Foundation

There are 1,5 billion people living off-grid (they have no access to the conventional energy grid), who are dependent on toxic, dangerous, and dirty kerosene lamps for lighting. Burns of kerosene lamps result in 300.000 deaths per year and millions of mutilations. The effects on the lungs of an indoor kerosene lamp equals smoking two packs of cigarettes per day, and the use of kerosene costs an average of 20% of a daily family income. No access to light is detrimental to safety, school results, economic activity, and community life. People living off-grid do not have easy access to electricity which makes economic development extremely hard to set off. This is called the energy poverty trap. The absence of light and electricity is also a major security issue inside the growing number of (semi-)refugee camps. Kerosene lamps regularly cause so called 'tent camp fires' which wipe out major segments of refugee camps resulting in many casualties and injured.The main goal of the WakaWaka Foundation is: We devise strategies to make sure solar solutions become available to those who suffer from extreme poverty, live in remote regions or are a victim of forced migration, for example due to wars.

Organisatienaam:

WakaWaka Foundation

Bezoekadres:

Wilhelminastraat 18
2011VM Haarlem
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Postadres:

Wilhelminastraat 18
2011VM Haarlem

E-mailadres:

info@wakawakafoundation.org

Telefoonnummer:

00235176611

Website:

http://www.wakawakafoundation.org

RSIN nummer:

851572510

KvK-nummer:

55117554

Bestuurders

Naam

Functietitel

Datum in dienst

Cas van Kleef

President

01-04-2013

Robin Sheridan

Treasurer

01-01-2013

Maurits Groen

Vice-President

12-04-2012

Activiteiten

The WakaWaka Foundation supports people living at the bottom of the pyramid through several activities. There are four programs, which the foundation executes. - Crisis Aid; the WakaWaka Foundation donates WakaWaka product to refugees, living in (semi-) permanent tent-camps. - Sun Sharing Alliance; the WakaWaka Foundation cooperates with other non-profit organisations to offer WakaWaka products for a reduced price to people living at the bottom of the pyramid - Micro-Entrepreneurs; The WakaWaka Foundation trains women to become entrepreneurs and kick-start development. Together with local NGO's, the foundation offer WakaWaka products as seed capital to sell at the bottom of the pyramid.

Bestedingen

• The WakaWaka Crisis Aid Program provides people in crisis situations or humanitarian disaster zones with WakaWaka solar products so that they can live and communicate safely in dangerous situations. • In The WakaWaka Micro Entrepreneurs Program the WakaWaka Foundation donates WakaWaka products as 'starting capital' for micro-entrepreneurs who sell these products at the bottom of the pyramid through micro loan installments. • The WakaWaka Sun Sharing Alliance Program provides people living in extreme poverty with WakaWaka products so that they can improve their health, safety, school results and labor productivity. • The WakaWaka Partner Projects Program are projects of scale which in which we cooperate with other non-profit organisations.

Beloningsbeleid

Recruitment Policy The WakaWaka Foundation aims to attract candidates who are best qualified to support the foundation's mission. Positions will be offered based on competency, qualification and enthusiasm. We are committed to equal opportunity; as such applications will be reviewed without regard for race, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or age. Supervisory Board compensation No members of the Supervisory Board received any remuneration in 2012. The foundation also did not reimburse the travel expenses of Supervisory Board members.

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