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Welcome to Carbon Community Foundation


Carbon Community Foundation is an Australian not for profit enterprise that provides low-cost, 
highly efficient and small scale clean energy and lighting solutions 
to poor communities in developing countries.


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We envision a world where the poorest communities have access to the benefits of clean, affordable lighting as an alternative to kerosene lamps, and our aim is to bring light to 200,000 households by 2013.  
Please click here for our 2-page document about Carbon Community.

Download our donor form (click here) to make a tax deductible donation. Thank you!

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To contact Carbon Community please call +61 3 97587206 or email info@carboncommunity.org.au

 
 

Our Purpose

We believe that access to clean, affordable lighting is crucial to breaking the cycle of poverty in the developing world.

1.6 billion people (300 million households) do not have reliable or any access to electricity, and spend a combined USD38 billion per annum on fossil fuel (mainly kerosene) for poor quality
light.

Kerosene is expensive and dangerous and contributes to climate change. Poor households spend up to 30% of their disposable incomes on kerosene for lighting, and the light from kerosene lamps is insufficient for study and work at night. Energy poor households suffer from impaired health, a degraded environment, economic stagnation, low quality of
life and gender inequity.

Enabling the switch from kerosene to solar will transform the lives and well being of households, providing deep and enduring, social, economic, educational,
health and environmental impacts.



Please click here for our 2 page document about Carbon Community.

To contact Carbon Community please call +61 3 9758 7206 or email info@carboncommunity.org.au
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