Education
The economy is changing from being based to infinite energy to renewable energies. These are intermittent and require adaptation. We are at the forefront of educational modules for local production and sustainable job creations for food transformation with direct solar heat.
We have developed a unique methodology and educational materials to empower youths, community, pioneer entrepreneurs, farmers, refugees or underprivileged with the equipment and skills to run their own sustainable Solar Bakeries and Roasteries.
We are also now training youth to build Lytefire locally through vocational programs.
Those most affected by climate change are the least responsible for it. Can we support these millions of people create more local wealth and stability for their environment ?
We have trained hundreds of people with Lytefire since 2016. While each Lytefire used about 200 days per year can prevent the emission of 5 tons of carbon emissions, with each training we can create a solar local bakery that generates income and food security for the most motivated trainees. For example, the Mwanza Montessori School saves 500€ per month by not having to buy bread that they now bake themselves and and on top of that, their solar ovens bring them an additional income of 260€ every month from additional sales.
Chosing Lytefire reduces the energy dependency on fossil-fuel and firewood, and as a result, removes a big part of the associated economic stress, health and climate issues. Lytefire is a non-polluting solution, easy to maintain and repair, and durable.
Without Lytefire and renewable energy, every dollar spent on energy, becomes a dollar that leaves the local economy to subsidize fossil-fuels, or that asks for trees to be cut-down.
By reducing this dependency through efficient, free solar energy, we also empower people to become more independent and wealthy in their region and reinforce their local economy. As we not only teach them entreprenership and the hands-on baking skills, they also learn how to maintain the Lytefire technology locally so that they never run out of energy. That’s possible because Lytefire was designed to be maintainable over 16 years even in rural and remote contexts with local materials. Lytefire is unique in the transformative impact it has.
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Lytefire has been selected since 2021 as one of the top solutions for canteens of the Global South by EDUCATION FINLAND, the platform of the Finnish National Agency for Education and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
What Users Say
What the trainees say:
On Entrepreneurship:
With the solar roastery business model, we can see that based on their performance they can reach an income of 160€ per month" — Allen Odongo, Bakery Trainer, with Plan International in Uganda
The solar bakery reached a turnover of 123€ per month" — Champion’s Bakery in Ogur (with Plan International in Uganda)
We are able to save 500€ per month of buying bread that we now bake ourselfs, and on top of that, the sola bakery brings an income of 260€ every month from additional sales" — Mwanza Montessori School, Tanzania
"Earning money from bakery sales is an integral part of the training. Participants learn the technical, baking and entrepreneurship skills to run the Solar Bakery we start with them. The results are real. "
— Joan Arwa, Trainer
Featured Implemented NGO Projects
Smart Up Solar Bakery Nebbi, Uganda
After a training organized by Plan International and our team, Prudence Yoo Acel Ladegi, Benedict Bithola and friends were so passionate about baking with the Lytefire that they kept going with learning and marketing their recipes. They bake 4 times a week. People like the products and sometimes come from miles away to buy their bread or order occasion’s cakes to Smart Up Solar Bakery Nebbi.
Lougsi’s rural bakery, Burkina-Faso
The 105 women of Lougsi village, situated 30km away from Ouagadougou, have been supported by the local association SOS Energie, our team and Jansen Primesteps Foundation to get a solar oven. After 2 years, 15 of them that have been trained to solar baking and are using their Lytefire in order to produce bread 5 days a week and sell it all around. They no longer buy wood and coal and the solar oven allows them to save 750 to 1000 CFA per day (entre 1 et 2 Euros), which is significant in this tough rural context.
CLASS, Uganda
Their full name is "Change Lead Agency for Social Support". And this very dynamic group of young bakers has been part of the solar baking and bakery setting up training given with Plan International and Smart Up Factory in Uganda in 2021-2022. Since then, thanks to their hard work and their Lytefire Oven the solar bakers sell delicious doughnuts, cookies and cakes to clients in different markets on Mondays and Thursdays. The sales range goes from 12000ugsh to 60000ugsh. They are based in Alebtong.
A Montessori school in Tanzania
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A school goes solar in Embu, Kenya
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11 solar ovens in Uganda
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Training Contents
Trainings are strucutured in groups of 10-15 participants depending on the type of training. The duration of each training is two weeks to four weeks. A minimum of 1 Lytefire Pro unit is installed per training.
Technical Training
Hands-on instructions to teach participants how to power their oven with the solar resource. Special attention is given to long-term maintenance. Lytefire can be maintained over a 16 year lifespan using locally available materials.
☑ Installation and Setup
☑ Operation and Handling
☑ Technical Maintenance
☑ Safety Instructions
☑ Understanding solar energy
Baking or Roasting Training
Our expert baker teaches local, traditional and international recipes, baked with the Lytefire solar oven. The training covers food-handling and hygene, hands-on baking skills (planning, measuring, preparing, baking, post-processing) with a variety of bread, cake and cookie recipes.
☑ Baking with solar energy
☑ Breads, Cookies and Cakes: preparation, baking and curing
☑ Food-handling and hygene
☑ Scaling recipes
Entrepreneurship Training
Learn the solid basis of running a small business, coopearative or income-generating-activity. Participants get hands-on sales experience by earning their first income through bake sales.
☑ Budgeting, inventory, warehousing
☑ Financial & production bookkeeping, profit and loss calculation
☑ Local Market Analysis
☑ Marketing
☑ Pricing & Financial Planning
Contact us and let’s talk about your next educational project
Eva and Joan are looking forward to discuss your project with you:
Managing Director, Founder and Chair of Board
eva.wissenz@lytefire.com
Trainer & Certified Baker
joan.arwa@lytefire.com
