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Rwanda’s first Lantern completes the first five.

Lantern 5 is planned for a village in Rwanda, still to be confirmed. It will be the first Lantern in the country and the last of the first issue.

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Village to be confirmed. Lantern 5 of 1,000.

RwandaVL-05Design of the Lantern, printed in Lantern 5’s ink.Lantern 5est.$135k
Design visualization of the Lantern every site shares, printed in one ink

The plan for Lantern 5.

Lantern 5RwandaVillage to be confirmed

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

Someone lights the first Lantern in Rwanda.

Lantern 5’s target includes setting up in Rwanda for the first time: the local entity, its registration and the legal groundwork. Every Rwandan Lantern after it stands on that work.

If Rwanda cannot proceed, the plan falls back to Uganda, then Tanzania.

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RwandaVL-05Lantern 5est.$135k

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.

The first Lantern in Rwanda starts from scratch.

Every target pays for the same whole Lantern, from its containers to three years of running. Being first in a country adds the lines below.

Lantern 5 · RwandaVL-05
  • First-in-country legal setup. Setting up in Rwanda for the first time, under Rwandan law. Registration is planned to begin in the last quarter of 2026.
  • Transport. Shipping both containers to Rwanda, planned at about ten days in transit.
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The lead donor names the Lantern.

The name is painted on the side. Try one.

The name stays in this browser. Nothing is sent.

Fund this Lantern in full as its lead donor, about $135,000 on the current estimate, and it carries the name you choose. It starts with a conversation, not a checkout.

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Illustration of where the lead donor’s name is painted, not the final lettering or mark

The rest of the issue.

See all five Lanterns

Help light Lantern 5.

Lantern 5 would be the first Lantern in Rwanda and the last of the first five. Help light it, or talk to us about naming it.

Help light Lantern 5Talk to us about naming this Lantern