PowerMundo: Improving Lives, Conserving Nature

Global Challenges // Over three billion people worldwide do not have access to appropriate technology to meet their basic needs for simple activities such as cooking meals, lighting homes, or purifying water. As a result, billions of people suffer from energy poverty, preventable illnesses, and deplorable living conditions.

Global Solutions // Surprisingly, there are hundreds of affordable products, like efficient cook stoves, solar lanterns, and UV water purifiers that can safely meet people's daily needs and conserve the environment. If these affordable appropriate technologies exist, why aren’t these products reaching the billons of people who need them?