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SolarEar : Affordable hearing aids for all.

SolarEar is a sustainable social business providing solar-powered hearing aids and battery rechargers. Our solution reduces the cost of continued hearing and helps individuals access basic human rights, education, and healthcare. Join us as a franchisee, strategic partner, or supporter to make a global impact.

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SolarEar : Affordable hearing aids for all.

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  1. SolarEar : Affordable hearing aids for all. Modesta Nyirenda SolarEar Global Zero Impact Transfer Forum February 20th, 2019

  2. The Scale of Silence

  3. The Problem • The cost of a hearing aid battery is prohibitive, starting at $2 a piece for one hearing aid – the need is at least 2 units a week • Hearing aid battery chargers on the market require the use of electricity • Discontinued use of a hearing aid leads to limited or no access to information and access to basic human rights such as education and health • Exclusion from meaningful economic, political and cultural participation • INCREASED POVERTY

  4. Our solution • a sustainable social business • a solar-powered hearing aids • reducing the cost of continued hearing • made by people who are deaf

  5. Hearing Aid & Battery Recharger

  6. SolarEar in 10 Years Solar Ear Projected SolarEar sites

  7. Partners we are looking for: • Franchisees - assembly and distribution of SolarEar • Strategic Partners - Existing retail and commercial outlets for hearing aids and hearing aid batteries • Development Organizations – subsidizing end costs to the hearing aid user • Policy makers and governments to enhance the provision of hearing health care

  8. How we want to do this: Targeting 60 countries of the 140 developing countries . Generate over $1.2 million in revenues per year via franchise program SolarEar franchise investment requirement: from $ 25,000 Grants and Donations – to support the social mission

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