July 13th, 2026
In partnership with Bright Dada, a women-led community organisation in western Kenya, the Signify Foundation has supported improved lighting across 100 health facilities, helping health workers deliver care at any hour and strengthening services for mothers and newborns across four counties.
In the counties of Busia, Siaya, Homabay and Kisumu in western Kenya, many rural health facilities looked inactive after dark. Without reliable lighting, families were discouraged from seeking care at night, staff felt unsafe moving through compounds, and nurses delivering babies worked with whatever light they could find. In one labour ward designed for eight light points, only one was working. In the antenatal ward, there were none. Babies were delivered by phone torch, held in nurses’ mouths to keep their hands free.
Building on an existing partnership, the Signify Foundation worked with Bright Dada CBO to bring improved lighting to 100 health facilities across the four counties. The donation included LED tubes and bulbs for wards and offices, rechargeable lights for maternity and emergency rooms, and solar floodlights to improve security across facility compounds. Bright Dada, founded and run by women, coordinated the full installation process and trained health facility staff on the new systems. In doing so, Bright Dada women also took on the role of installers themselves, becoming a direct and lasting connection between the lighting solutions and the communities they serve.
The nurses, doctors, cooks, security officers, and other healthcare workers pictured below have all testified to the impact of lighting on their work and their ability to serve their communities.
