Lantern 1 in Ewossa is under construction, so there is nothing to measure yet, and we will not pretend otherwise. This is what we will measure, how we will test it, and how you will hear.
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From Village LanternStatus at October 2026
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These are the targets in our monitoring plan, for each Lantern. Until a Lantern is open they are promises, so we print them as specimens: samples of the real thing, not results.
Enrolled. Children enrolled at each Lantern. Target: 150, target.
Active. Children learning in a given month, not just signed up. Target: 80, a month.
Mastery. Objectives mastered per child per month, at the 85% mastery mark. Target: 6+, a month.
Girls. The share of learners who are girls. Target: 45%+, target.
Uptime. How much of the time the Lantern is up and running. Target: 95%+, target.
Power shared. Electricity the Lantern supplies to the community building, a clinic if there is one. Target: measured in kilowatt hours.
Reading and maths assessed with EGRA and EGMA at month 0 and again at month 12, by external enumerators.
A comparison village with 80 children per site, so we can tell what the Lantern changed and what would have happened anyway.
We are aiming for a gain of 0.3 standard deviations. If we fall short, you will see it.
We will pre-register the plan before the first test, so the goalposts cannot move after the results come in.
No evaluation partner is appointed yet. When one is, we will name them here.
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Evaluation plan · VL-01
Contents declaredEGRA · EGMA · Month 0 · Month 12 · Comparison village · Target 0.3 SD
Opened in public at month 12. Published whatever it shows.
We have not fixed a reporting calendar we cannot keep. We have fixed the rules every update will follow.
Every figure we publish says when it was measured, where it came from and what it counts.
Children appear in reports as totals and shares. Never a name, a face or a record.
A funding total appears only once it has been checked against what actually arrived.
Designs are labelled as designs and illustrations as illustrations. Build photographs appear once they are verified.
If something is not working, we will say so, and say what we are changing.
We have not published a funding total because none has been verified yet. When one is, it will appear here and on each Lantern, and not before.
Lantern 1 is not raising funds. Lanterns 2 to 5 need an estimated $495,000 between them. A Lantern is built only once it is fully funded.
To raise, estimated$495,000
Raised so far Being confirmed
Notice to sendersTargets are planning estimates in US dollars. Funds raised are being confirmed and will appear only once verified. Every vignette is a design visualization of the same Lantern.
Every number on this page starts the day a Lantern opens. Help light the next one, and you will see what it does.
