activities

• June 2021 - Smiling Through Light: A Luminous Mission to Champion Solar Energy in Sierra Leone article posted on AMAKA

• August 2018 - Mariama Kamara, Founder & Director of Smiling Through Light featured in the new Paloma Faith ‘WARRIOR’ video

• May 2018 - Attended the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Lisbon, Portugal

• April 2018 - Smiling Through Light featured in the Hackney Gazette

• 2017 Outstanding Recognition Award for Inspiring Young Women in the Sierra Leonean community from the United Artists of Sierra Leone UK

• Invited by UN Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) to participate in the new
  People-Centered Accelerator which aims to advance gender equality, social inclusion & women's empowerment in sustainable energy. Workshop co-hosted by SEforALL & Landsvirkjun Power Station in Krafla, Iceland

• Speaker at the United Nations 61st Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) event on "Empowering Women as Change Agents in Sustainable Energy Value Chains" in New York

• Blog Post "Universal Energy Access : what's gender got to do with it"

• Smiling Through Light featured on the United Nations Foundation - Energy Access Practitioner Network member highlights

• Article - Sierra Leone on the Path to achieve energy access

• Little Sun Winter Newsletter 2015

• Speaker at the 2015 SOAS Africa Development Forum – ''African Social Enterprise: Development from Within''

• Donated Little Sun Lamps to Ebola Orphans at the Heaven Homes Orphanage in Jo Town, Waterloo

• Speaker at Chatham House on youth unemployment and job creation in Africa

• Successful trip to Berlin, October 2014 to meet with suppliers

• Successful pilot study in Sierra Leone, April 2014 sponsored by PwC

• SwitSalone Magazine: Sierra Leone’s Most Beautiful People 2014 Award

• Women of Valour - Ambassador for Humanity Award 2014

• Spoke at the School for Social Entrepreneurs on Business & Innovation for start-ups

• Speaker at PwC One Young World Network on Social Entrepreneur & Leadership Event

• Member of the PwC Social Entrepreneurs Club

• Member of the United Nations Foundation Energy Access Practitioner Network

• Vimeo Video – In Conversation with Mariama Kamara

• Media coverage (Sky, TVC News, Sierra Gem Media & AYV TV)