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Our story began in 2010, with that year's World Cup. It was in South Africa - you remember the Vuvuzelas, right? - and our future founder Maurits Groen decided he would help to 'green' it with LED lights. But when he got there, he found millions of people who weren't even connected to the electricity grid. A seed was planted... something needed to change.
And WakaWaka was born. The name comes from Shakira’s opening song of the 2010 World Cup and can mean many things, but we love that it’s the Swahili translation for ‘shine bright’. It seems kind of right.
Since then, WakaWaka solar lamps have supported 50,000 Haitians after the 2010 earthquake, 100,000 typhoon Haiyan survivors in the Philippines, 60,000 people during the Ebola crisis in Liberia and Sierra Leone, and over 400,000 Syrian refugees. At the same time, we’ve lit up festivals, beach nights, and adventures off the grid — keeping people connected wherever they roam.
