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Super efficient Personal Solar Power Station to charge your iPad, iPhone or any other smart phone. With excellent reading light.

WakaWaka Power: the Best Compact Solar Power Station & Light

Super efficient Personal Solar Power Station to charge your iPad, iPhone or any other smart phone. With excellent reading light.
Created by
Camille van Gestel
Camille van Gestel
5,622 backers pledged $419,472 to help bring this project to life.
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Lighting up Haiti!

12 000 Lights have made their way to Haiti and have been distributed to recovering rural areas. This project has acquired a place in the spotlight by supporting the efforts... Read more

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FAQ & Feeback

Hi all!

While the very last of our backers are receiving their WakaWaka’s, most of you are happily testing them as we speak. We are getting a ton of feedback,... Read more

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Shipping Update #2

Hi all!

All of the WakaWaka Powers have now been shipped from the factory to various distribution centres and the last packages containing your rewards are being prepared as we... Read more

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Shipping Update

Hey Everyone!

It's really great to see that so many of you are so engaged and eager to know when you will get your hands on a WakaWaka Power+   (please... Read more

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Shipping date!

Hi Everyone,

We will start shipping May 15th!
Sending out the more than 7.000 packages to backers worldwide on the same day. It was quite a challenge so we are... Read more

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Check out your confirmation email!

Dear backers!

As you are all desperately waiting for your WakaWaka Power to arrive (I can imagine why, the first prototypes are awesome), we are getting close to shipping the... Read more

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Sneak preview of your WakaWaka Power

Time for an update on the production of the WakaWaka Power, distribution of the donated Lights to Haiti and the shipment of your rewards. 

Production on scedule

With the testing... Read more

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Two weeks after…

Wow, time flies! It’s been two weeks since the end of the Kickstarter project and we've been working very hard on the production of the WakaWaka Power for our backers... Read more

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THANK YOU on behalf of 50,000 Haitians

Today, January 12th, it is precisely 3 years ago that an earthquake hit Haiti, the most devastating ever. Still almost 370,000 people need to live in shelters, in the dark.... Read more

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Successfully raised $419,472 with 5,622 backers

48 hrs to make impact

there are 330,000 reasons to read this update

That is the number of people we still want, need, must, should help with safe, sustainable solar light.

there are 40,000 reasons... Read more

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FAQ: "How do I pledge multiple rewards?"

Yes! you can pledge for more WakaWaka's!

How?

Simply multiply the appropriate amount of your reward tier by the nr of WakaWaka Powers you would like to receive and add... Read more

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$300,000: together with 35,000 Haitians we say: THANK YOU!

pls read below for an awesome pledge change...

It's hard to believe we only launched our campaign 3 weeks ago on 12-12-12 ... We hoped we would be more succesful... Read more

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AND THE WINNER IS .....

Winning by falling down

Around Christmas we asked you to vote for WakaWaka as 'Startup of the Year' in the Netherlands. We came in second but it was what you... Read more

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WakaWaka New Year to you all!

From New Zealand to Seattle

And from Chicago to Rio de Janeiro:

 

Wishing you all a lucky and a WakaWaka 2013

 

Thank you so much

for providing a... Read more

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BACKER POWER NEEDED

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For backers only

Merry Christmas

A promise of light to Haiti

The Kickstarter campaign for WakaWaka Power is really a success beyond imagination. The results so far not only allows us to start up production for the 'Power'... Read more

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STRETCH GOAL No2 = Assembling in Haiti

Fast tracking plans in Haiti

Should we be able to reaching such an awesome new funding goal, than that will allow us to start an assembly linein Haiti. Last September Maurits... Read more

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STRETCH GOAL: WAKAWAKA WATERPROOF

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! YOU GUYS ROCK!

You pledged $100,000 in a matter of days! WOW!!

 

STRETCH GOAL No. 2: YOU ASKED FOR IT!

So many of you let us know you... Read more

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MOBILE POWER - you asked for it

TECHNICAL UPDATE

But before I get a little technical... let's get a little emotional first! No I won't post of a video of me crying tears of happiness over all the amazingly... Read more

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WAKAWAKA POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

100% in precisely 48 hours!

Who could have thought that?? Last year it took us 2 months to reach this goal for the first WakaWaka and we even had to call in... Read more

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With The Speed of WakaWaka Power Light!

WOW... How will we get any sleep these days??

When you guys keep backing WakaWaka Power at the speed at which you are doing right now!

Do you know how... Read more

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