At GreenLamp, environmental sustainability is embedded in how we improve maternal healthcare and opportunities for women in rural Ethiopia.
🔆 Through our LIGHT programme, GreenLamp and its partners have installed more that 333 solar systems powering lighting, refrigeration and energy to off-grid health centres. These systems have provided safer birthing conditions and healthcare services for around 1.7 million deliveries, as well as better working conditions for midwives.
By harnessing solar energy, we reduce the dependence of health systems on fuel-powered generators. This lowers greenhouse gas emissions, limits exposure to volatile fuel costs and supply disruptions, and helps ensure essential healthcare services can continue even when access to fuel becomes uncertain.
🌳 This World Environment Day, we are reminded that climate action and human development go hand in hand. Every solar-powered health centre represents a brighter future for mothers, babies, healthcare workers and the environment.
World Environment Day
5 June 2026
The United Nations designated 5 June as World Environment Day to highlight that the protection and health of the environment is a major issue, which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world.
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