Eneji Pwop ‘fills the house’ in Haiti

A poster from Earthspark's Piri Piti Plen Kay Moden campaign. The Nokero N200 has been re-branded as the "Eneji Pwop" bulb and colored orange by Earthspark.

What is very small, fills a house, and is modern?

Earthspark International, a social enterprise working to eradicate energy poverty in Haiti, has just received a shipment of Nokero N200 solar light bulbs. Earthspark has branded the Nokero N200s as part of their Haitian “Enèji Pwòp” (“Clean Energy”) brand for small-scale clean energy products.

Allison Archambault of Earthspark tells us that in Haiti, storytellers often tell riddles before telling a story. A common riddle asked by storytellers, “Piti piti, plen kay? (Very small, fills a house?)” is answered by listeners, “Lanp! (Lamp!).”

Now that Nokero N200s have arrived in Haiti, Allison told us that the Enèji Pwòp team has created a spin-off of this popular riddle. “Piti piti plen kay moden? (Very small, fills a house, is modern?)” People respond, “Lanp Enèji Pwòp! (Enèji Pwòp lamp!).”

Haitians who have tried them love the Nokero N200 Enèji Pwòp lamps. They are the most affordable Enèji Pwòp solar product yet. While a typical Haitian family spends 200 gourdes on a kerosene lamp, they also have to purchase kerosene at 10 gourdes/night to use it. The Nokero N200 Enèji Pwòp lamp costs 500 gourdes to buy and requires only sunlight to recharge the battery. This means that after one month of use, a Nokero N200 Enèji Pwòp lamp pays for itself. By using a Nokero N200 Enèji Pwòp lamp, Haitian families are able to save huge amounts of their household budgets, receive better lighting, and reduce their exposure to dangerous kerosene smoke and fire hazard.

So now you can give people a riddle, “What can save families money, give them more hours of activity each day, and reduce health risks?”

Earthspark Enèji Pwòp solar bulbs will be on the market in Haiti on Monday. Thank you to the Earthspark Enèji Pwòp team for working hard to deliver Nokero to Haitian families who need it!