The aim of the “From Waste to Light” project is to improve educational conditions for pupils through access to lighting solutions, while positioning them as players in sustainable development. Conducted by Moi Jeu Tri, which specializes in waste management in Togo, in partnership with Lagazel, this innovative project was inaugurated in the presence of HE Mrs Jocelyne CABALLERO, Ambassador of France, at one of the 10 beneficiary schools in the commune of Aneho (Togo). The project involved the installation of 40 collective charging stations, giving 1,600 pupils access to a solar lamp, as well as bins for sorting household waste. It also raised awareness of sustainable development (renewable energies, household waste management and recovery) among 4,000 pupils. The aim of the project was to ensure that the waste brought back and sorted at school would be recycled and used to finance social projects for the schools: in this case, solar lamps for children living in non-electrified areas. One year on, almost a ton of waste has been collected, and replication in other villages has begun. Work has also been launched to finance an increase in the rate of coverage of pupils with solar lamps in beneficiary schools.
This project was made possible by the financial support of Synergie Solaire, the EDF Foundation, the Watt4Change endowment fund, and for 2022, the 1% for the Planet fund.
