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Five Lanterns, from Ewossa to Rwanda.

Lantern 1 is under construction in Ewossa, Edo State. Lanterns 2 to 5 are planned for Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda, and each one is built only once it is fully funded.

Help light a LanternMeet Lantern 1

Turn each postcard over for the facts.

The picture side shows part of the design every Lantern shares. The written side says where it goes, where it stands, what it costs and when it is planned to light.

  1. Design of Lantern 1 on open ground: the classroom container, the facilitator’s home above, the external stair and solar roofs.
    Lantern 1 · EwossaDesign visualization of Lantern 1 on open ground, not a photograph of the site

    Lantern 1, Ewossa.

    On the founder’s family land.

    Status
    Under construction.
    Raising funds
    No. Gifts go to Lanterns 2 to 5.
    Follow the build
    Nigeria of 1,0001
    Lantern 1Ewossa, Edo State, NigeriaThe founder’s village
  2. Design of the Lantern from the rear: the classroom container below, the home above, solar roofs and air-conditioning units.
    Lantern 2 · NigeriaDesign visualization of the Lantern from the rear: the design every Lantern shares

    Lantern 2, Nigeria.

    The first Lantern to follow Ewossa.

    Status
    Planned. Open for support.
    Estimated target
    $100,000
    Raised so far
    Being confirmed
    Planned lighting
    Q2 2027, if fully funded

    The target covers Both containers, fit-out, power, compute, connectivity, transport, land registration, first-in-country legal setup, three years of running costs and 15% overhead.

    Meet Lantern 2
    Nigeria est.$100k
    Lantern 2NigeriaVillage to be confirmed
  3. Design of the Lantern’s 40-foot classroom container, with barred windows, solar roof and the lantern mark on its side.
    Lantern 3 · GhanaDesign visualization of the classroom container: the design every Lantern shares

    Lantern 3, Ghana.

    The first Lantern in Ghana.

    Status
    Planned. Open for support.
    Estimated target
    $120,000
    Raised so far
    Being confirmed
    Planned lighting
    Q3 2027, if fully funded

    The target covers Both containers, fit-out, power, compute, connectivity, transport, land registration, first-in-country legal setup, three years of running costs and 15% overhead.

    Meet Lantern 3
    Ghana est.$120k
    Lantern 3GhanaVillage to be confirmed
  4. Design of the facilitator’s 20-foot home: a container with a solar roof, a water tank and a barred window.
    Lantern 4 · KenyaDesign visualization of the facilitator’s home: the design every Lantern shares

    Lantern 4, Kenya.

    The first Lantern in Kenya.

    Status
    Planned. Open for support.
    Estimated target
    $140,000
    Raised so far
    Being confirmed
    Planned lighting
    Q3 2027, if fully funded

    The target covers Both containers, fit-out, power, compute, connectivity, transport, land registration, first-in-country legal setup, three years of running costs and 15% overhead.

    Meet Lantern 4
    Kenya est.$140k
    Lantern 4KenyaVillage to be confirmed
  5. Cutaway design of the classroom: two rows of learning stations facing the walls, stools down the middle, the doors at one end.
    Lantern 5 · RwandaDesign visualization of the classroom inside: the design every Lantern shares

    Lantern 5, Rwanda.

    The first Lantern in Rwanda.

    Status
    Planned. Open for support.
    Estimated target
    $135,000
    Raised so far
    Being confirmed
    Planned lighting
    Q4 2027, if fully funded

    The target covers Both containers, fit-out, power, compute, connectivity, transport, land registration, first-in-country legal setup, three years of running costs and 15% overhead.

    Meet Lantern 5
    Rwanda est.$135k
    Lantern 5RwandaVillage to be confirmed

  6. Lantern 6

    Not yet addressed.

    The plan is 25 Lanterns by 2030.

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Notice to sendersTargets are planning estimates in US dollars. Funds raised are being confirmed and will appear only once verified. A Lantern is built only once it is fully funded.

Each target pays for a whole, working Lantern.

An estimated target is the full cost of one Lantern, from the containers to its first three years of running. It is a planning estimate, not a quote.

Declaration of contentsOne Lantern, any country
  • Both containers. The 40-foot classroom and the 20-foot home stacked above it.
  • The fit-out. 24 learning stations, cooling, lighting, and the facilitator’s kitchenette and wet room.
  • Power. Solar on both roofs, the inverter and the battery.
  • Compute. Two small servers that run every station and the offline tutor.
  • Connectivity. Satellite internet, shared as free, filtered public Wi-Fi.
  • Transport. Getting the Lantern from the fabricator to the village.
  • Land registration. Securing the ground it stands on.
  • First-in-country legal setup. The local entity and registration a new country needs.
  • Three years of running costs. Running the Lantern for its first three years.
  • 15% overhead. The current planning rate, still under review.

Declared value$100,000 to $140,000estimated per Lantern, by country

Targets are planning estimates in US dollars. Funds raised are being confirmed and will appear only once verified.

Lantern 1 of 1,000.

Twenty-five Lanterns by 2030 is the plan. A thousand by 2050 is the goal: in villages and developing regions across the globe, a million children learning by their own light.

We are building towards it one fully funded Lantern at a time.

Read our story
  1. NowVL-01Under construction1

    Lantern 1, Ewossa. Under construction on the founder’s family land.

  2. 2027VL-02 to 05Planned5

    Lanterns 2 to 5, planned to light through 2027 if fully funded.

  3. 2030PlanThe plan25

    Twenty-five Lanterns by 2030: the operating plan.

  4. 2050GoalThe goal1,000

    A thousand by 2050, and a million children: the goal.

Four stamps, each zooming out from the last. Now: one square, Lantern 1, under construction. 2027: five squares, Lanterns 1 to 5. 2030: twenty-five squares, the plan. 2050: a sheet of a thousand, with the first twenty-five marked: the goal.

Know a village that needs a Lantern?

Lanterns 2 to 5 still need their villages, and the plan is 25 by 2030. Put a village forward and it becomes a candidate: not a promise, but the first of six careful steps.

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