Affiliated Charities

"Mulenga Michael Sikombe is my son who died in 2002 tragically and because of his love for humanity and education, I feel he is reaching out for me to carry on where he left off.

A Zambian living in Canada, I have great sympathy for the plight of the most vulnerable in society i.e. the children and the seniors in Canada and Zambia. I am very much concerned because these two groups are the ones at the mercy of abusers and since there is no welfare system in Zambia, these two groups live in abject poverty, neglect, abuse, child labour, illnesses, diseases, and feeling of hopelessness. For those of us that are blessed, it is time to bless others through the Mulenga Michael Sikombe Memorial Foundation. Please give generously." (Mabel Opoku)

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GlobalLight Projects focuses on assisting people in the developing world by means of applications of simple technology.

The first project, completed in 2010 provided solar power to a school in Chona, a village of some 12,000 people in southern Zambia (see pictures of the installation here). The average child in Zambia can expect just nine years of schooling. Teachers are reluctant to be posted to rural communities where basic amenities such as electricity and running water are non-existent. Thirty-five years ago, just two students from the village passed into secondary school. Today, that number remains unchanged. Providing solar powered lighting, electricity to run electronic equipment and a pump to distribute safe water is a simple but dramatic way to begin to improve lives. Today's children deserve better prospects than their grandparents. That is what GlobalLight Projects is about.