NextEnergy Foundation Positive Impact in 2023

A Year of Positive Impact in the Lives of Many!

NextEnergy Foundation is operating since 2016 and has widened its activities to address the three main thematic areas: Education, Water & Heath and Improved Livelihood.

NextEnergy Foundation’s Projects in 2023 have benefited a total of 485,000+ members of local communities.

Benefited local community members per thematic area:

Focus on Environmental and Social Positive Impacts against each thematic area.

Education Thematic Area

Environmental Positive Impact:

• Annual saving of average school energy expenses from renewable technology: 35%

Social Positive Impact:

• Total benefited students: 16,900+ (46-51% girls and young women)

Water and Health Thematic Area

Environmental Positive Impact:

• Emission reduction over 20 years, i.e. the average lifetime of the renewable technology:
  • CO₂ = 410 tonnes
  • SO₂ = 1.4 tonnes
  • NO_x = 900 tonnes
• Liters of potable water generated per year: 1.8m

Social Positive Impact:

• Medical Units benefiting of renewable energy installations: 24

Improved Livelihoods Thematic Area

Environmental Positive Impact:

• CO₂ emission reduction over 20 years (average lifetime of renewable technology):  1,176 tonnes

Social Positive Impact:

• Benefited households: 35
• Benefited micro-enterprises: 15

Moreover, in year 2023, one of NextEnergy Foundation Projects made an impact in a fourth Thematic Area, Nature, as follows.

Nature Thematic Area

Environmental Positive Impact:

• Hectares of forest protected/restored: 17,94
• Conservation of Forest Carbon Stock CO2eq: 4,125 tonnes

Social Positive Impact:

• Community institutions benefited:
  • 28 municipalities
  • 3 mountain communities.

Data note. The reported data are based on estimations made by the respective projects partners:

• Education: Albero della Vita and Empower Malawi
• Health & Water: Empower Malawi and Voltaview
• Improved Livelihoods: Istituto Oikos and SolarAid
• Nature: Etifor.