This new picture of the day shows solar light for children delivered through patience and care. In an ultra-rural classroom, a lamp is not simply handed over. Time is taken to explain, to show, to ensure understanding. For children living without electricity, light means safety, learning, and dignity once the sun goes down.
Through the Primary Medical Care program, Kawan Sehat health workers provide treatment for fevers, wounds, and malaria in villages lacking access to doctors. They carry essential medicines, adhere to established medical protocols, and refer emergency cases promptly to prevent delays in care.
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Solar Buddy | Bringing Light to Children Without Electricity
In remote villages without electricity, children must deal with daily darkness. Fair Future and Rotary International’s Solar Buddy program offers solar-powered lights to change that reality. These lights allow children to study after dark, navigate their surroundings safely, and help their families at home. More than just a source of light, these lights promote education, safety, and respect.
The Solar Buddy category of Fair Future Foundation documents how solar-powered lamps bring light and safety to ultra-rural Indonesia. Through this program, we highlight the impact of providing clean energy solutions to children and families in villages without electricity. These stories show how solar lamps support education, improve health, and foster a better quality of life. Join us in lighting up lives and creating brighter futures.
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SolarBuddy distribution reports now available East Sumba
The two documents prove that light delivery is more than numbers. They show routes taken, funds used, and hours of study gained. They record teacher involvement, safer evenings, and lower injury risk. Evidence builds trust, and trust keeps the lights arriving where they are needed most.
SolarBuddy lamps Matawai Katingga protect child health
In Lapinu, an isolated village in Matawai Katingga, SolarBuddy lamps Lapinu children change daily life. Without electricity or clean water, evenings meant smoke, kerosene and darkness. Our joint teams from Fair Future and Kawan Baik bring light as a medical tool, to protect lungs, eyes and learning
SolarBuddy lamps East Sumba – quality control to classrooms
At Rumah Kambera we checked 2,224 SolarBuddy lamps East Sumba one by one. Volunteers, Rotary, Fair Future and Kawan Baik tested brightness, panels, switches and batteries, fixed faults, logged QR codes, and packed each unit for long journeys to schools with no electricity. Light prevents injuries, improves study, and protects health.
SolarBuddy Lights for Rural Children
The SolarBuddy Program delivers solar-powered lamps to children and schools in villages with no electricity. These small lights illuminate homes, pathways, and classrooms—improving safety, education, and dignity. In the dark corners of Sumba, light changes everything.
SolarBuddy quality control for Sumba’s children
Over two focused days at Rumah Kambera, volunteers and Rotary members tested, repaired, labeled, and registered 2,224 SolarBuddy lamps so children and schools in East Sumba can study safely without toxic kerosene and darkness.
SolarBuddy lamps arrive in Rumah Kambera
The 2,224 SolarBuddy lamps have arrived at our base in Rumakambera after six months of challenges. These lamps will transform lives, offering safe lighting, improving education, and aiding medical care in villages without electricity.
Solar lamp delay impacts remote schools
A shipping delay has pushed back the arrival of 2,224 SolarBuddy lamps in East Sumba by around 15 days. This setback disrupts our plans—but it won’t stop us. We adapt, reschedule, and continue to fight for those without light, electricity, or access to healthcare. We will be ready by June 10th.
Massive Humanitarian Mission Begins in East Indonesia
A five-month humanitarian mission begins in Sumba, bringing medical care, water access, and solar energy to isolated communities. Fair Future is delivering 3 tons of supplies, launching a malaria study, and building vital infrastructure to improve lives where help is most needed.
Bringing Solar Light to 24 Remote Schools in East Sumba
In East Sumba, nearly 12,000 students face the challenge of studying without electricity. Through Light Up the Future, Fair Future Foundation is distributing 2,224 solar lamps to over 2,000 children in 24 remote schools, bringing safe, renewable light to improve education, health, and daily life.
KBI and Fair Future Secures Duty-Free SolarBuddy Import
Fantastic news! We’ve officially secured tax-free approval for importing 2,224 SolarBuddy lamps from Australia. This historic milestone makes Fair Future the first NGO to achieve duty-free humanitarian imports in Indonesia. These lamps will soon light up villages in East Sumba. Huge thanks to Rotary, SolarBuddy, and our teams for making this possible!
SolarBuddy 2025 Map: Lighting Up Schools
Check out our interactive map for the 2025 SolarBuddy lamp distribution! Yellow marks schools receiving 2,224 lamps, while gray shows over 100 schools still without electricity—affecting 10,000+ children. A long journey ahead, but one step closer to brighter futures. Click the map to explore!







