A #100DaysofSolar Human Impact Story from Kamengo, Mpigi District, Uganda

For most of her life, Nakabugo Maturona feared the night.

At 85 years old, the grandmother of Burundian origin has lived through decades of hardship, migration, uncertainty, and survival. But even after all those years, darkness still carried a fear she could never fully escape.

Inside her home in Kamengo, Mpigi District, the nights felt haunted.

When strong winds passed through the village, Maturona believed they carried voices of ghosts moving through the darkness. Every unfamiliar sound outside the house deepened her fear. She worried constantly about thieves hiding unseen nearby while her grandchildren sat helplessly begging for candles the family could rarely afford.

For Maturona, darkness became more than lack of light.

It became loneliness. Fear. And emotional suffering that followed her into old age.

Then Solar M7 arrived. And for the first time in her long life, the nights inside her home began to feel peaceful.

Today, reliable solar light fills the house after sunset. The frightening shadows have disappeared. Her grandchildren now sit comfortably beneath steady light instead of begging for candles. The home feels calm, secure, and emotionally lighter in ways she never imagined possible.

For Maturona, the transformation feels deeply spiritual and personal.

“Before Solar M7, nights brought fear into my heart,” she shared during her interview. “Now the home feels peaceful, the children are happy, and I no longer fear the darkness the way I once did.”

According to Doreen Nanfuka, many elderly people living in underserved communities experience emotional and psychological distress connected to darkness and insecurity.

“When older people spend decades living in fear after sunset, reliable light becomes emotionally transformative,” Doreen explained. “It restores comfort, dignity, confidence, and peace inside the home.”

Innocent Kawooya says stories like Maturona’s reveal how energy access restores humanity and emotional wellbeing alongside physical safety.

“Reliable light gives families more than visibility,” he noted. “It restores dignity, emotional peace, and the ability to live without fear inside one’s own home.”

Today, nights inside Maturona’s home no longer feel haunted by darkness.

The grandchildren laugh beneath safe light.

The shadows no longer control her peace.

And in a home where fear and superstition once ruled every evening, Solar M7 is now helping restore something profoundly human.

Comfort. Dignity. And peace in the final chapters of life.

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