Nearly 1 billion people rely on kerosene lamps, candles, or open flames to light their homes — causing millions of house fires each year and thousands of deaths.
1 in 10 people globally still live without access to electricity — that’s over 700 million people.
Indoor air pollution from burning wood, coal, or kerosene kills 3.2 million people annually, according to WHO.
In homes without power, children often can’t study after dark, trapping them in cycles of poverty.
Over 2 billion people don’t have access to safely managed drinking water. Many spend hours each day collecting it, often from unsafe sources.
