The main actor in the acciona.org management models is the user. Firstly, because we only work with those households and communities that accept to be part of our projects. Then, because we achieve the results due to their involvement to meet the service conditions, to become representatives of their communities in the management of our programmes and, in addition, to be trained and work as local technicians who offer electric services to their neighbours.
These guarantee the offered service gives every possible application, as well as it impacts positively on the users' health, education, economy and environment. They explain by their own what implies in their lives:
Now I only use th ecandles to pray my God
Dña. Elina, usuaria de Luz en Casa Oaxaca; Asegura que ahora puede realizar sus actividades sin correr el riesgo de caerse o lastimarse por la imposibilidad de ver bien cuando cae la noche.
I like my torch because it shines fine, and I don’t put batteries because it’s solar
Sofia, user of Luz en Casa Oaxaca She likes looking at her children doing their homework neither straining their eyes nor inhaling the smoke from the oil lamp..
My small shop has expanded its activity due to Luz en Casa
Bertha, user of Luz en Casa Oaxaca She can serve meal in the night with the light, and she can also give service of mobile charging to the drivers travelling by the road where her shop is locate
We like our mom’s light
Luis and Juan, users of Luz en Casa Oaxaca Now these little twins can walk around their home without carrying the oil lamp they used previously.
Together, we are reaching what we didn’t expect
Gilmer and Maria, micro franchisees of a Centro Luz en Casa in Cajamarca Gilmer explained his success as an entrepreneur thanks to the support of his partner and wife Maria: they sell light bulbs to their neighbours as well as people from other communities.
I’ve started to breed hens with the savings from using my system
Virginia, user of Luz en Casa Oaxaca Previously she lighted up with a gas device, which emitted a flame shining fine but spending a lot..
In the night, now I can bag the corn and bean to sell
Josefina, user of Luz en Casa Oaxaca Not having light was really sad; it’s dark in the mountain. Sometimes I bought candles to lighting for a while, but I only could when sales went well.
I can go out in the night to watch my animals with the light from my pane
Irene, user of Luz en Casa Oaxaca When she comes back home, even though it’s not too late, the sky is getting dark and she uses her torch to light the path she must walk for one hour every day.
The light changed my life; Il eft the firewood and the candles
Isauro, user of Luz en Casa Oaxaca Previously, when it got dark, working was hard for him; the light of the candle didn’t shine enough, and it implied many costs
There won’t be smoke in my home more;I can be peaceful that my son doesn’t breathe in it.
Esmeralda, user of Luz en Casa Oaxaca She’s a 17-year-old mother with two children who previously had to go up to the mountain to cut firewood and in this way she had light to breast-feed her baby in the night, even though it generated smoke.
My income has increased
Celso, micro franchisee of a Centro Luz en Casa in Cajamarca He sells electric devices, as well as develop commercial tasks: show the products, their origin, required power, and the importance of connecting compatible devices to the solar system.
I didn’t expect to watch TV with this solar system
Emilio, user of Luz en Casa Oaxaca He had many benefits with the light, and he connects his phone, radio, a TV now… and his wife walk with her torch because “they are her eyes in the dark”.