Signify Foundation

5 Millions Lives Lit by Signify Foundation

Light is a fundamental part of our lives. But for more than half a billion people, one in every eight of us, electric light is still a distant dream. We are committed to ending this imbalance and for the past five years, have been lighting lives around the world. This year, we celebrate our fulfilled commitment to share the power of light with five million people.

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About us

The Signify Foundation is an organization dedicated to supporting underprivileged and underserved communities across the world by enabling access to light. When pursuing this mission, the Foundation expects to leverage on Signify’s expertise and knowledge to help develop and provide easily-accessible, sustainable lighting systems that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.

Our focus

We help to create positive change in developing and disaster-affected locations by focusing our efforts in three key areas:

Lighting lives
Lighting entrepreneurs
Humanitarian lighting

Our partners

Through our projects, we partner with and support intermediaries across the value chain, ranging from manufacturer to distributors and technical training institutes to financing agencies. It is our role to link these value chain intermediaries, to foster an ecosystem approach to tackle their barriers to growth and scalability. This approach helps structurally address weaknesses across the entire value chain so that strengthening one link helps to strengthen the next link in the chain.

Annual report 2019

The 2019 Annual Report marks the 3rd year of our journey as Signify Foundation. Through our executed projects and programs in 2019, 994,184 lives were lit with sustainable lighting, and 721 people were supported with technical and/or business training.

Building a brighter future for Sharon with BRAC, Enlight and ACE

Lighting Entrepreneurs – Uganda: Sharon’s story on her journey from dropping out of school to becoming a star solar sales agent.

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Extending the day with solar streetlights

Lighting Lives – India: Solar street lighting with Smart Power India to make a significant improvement in the quality of life, economy, and safety of villagers.

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Lighting Johan Cruyff courts for inclusive sports around the world

Lighting lives – Global: Lighting up Cruyff Courts for special needs and underserved children.

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Registered charity in the Netherlands (ANBI), RSIN number 857684553.