With the non-profit PowerOneForOne Foundation (POFO), founded in 2018, the aream Group is improving the living conditions of people in underdeveloped countries by providing green electricity while also strengthening the local economy. In 2025, for example, a solar power system with battery storage was installed on the roof of St. Bruno Vocational School in Uganda.

More than 800 million people still live without direct access to electricity. Energy poverty is one of the biggest obstacles to positive development. Since renewable energies rely primarily on decentralised generation, it is not necessary to build an expensive grid in many areas. ”It is often enough to install small systems on school roofs to meet a village's electricity needs”, says Janine Voigt, Managing Director of the PowerOneForOne Foundation.

By providing access to sustainable electricity, the PowerOneForOne Foundation improves the livelihoods of rural populations: medical care is facilitated simply by refrigerating medicines. Married women, who are generally not allowed to work outside the home, can contribute to the household income with solar-powered sewing machines, for example. Children's educational opportunities improve when they can read and study in the evening despite the darkness with the help of electric light. And light is especially indispensable for deaf people, enabling them to communicate in the dark using sign language. The projects are built and maintained by local craftsmen. This creates jobs and promotes sustainable regional economic development.

To date, the PowerOneForOne Foundation has supported 13 projects in Guatemala, sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In 2025, the focus was on Uganda: the kindergarten at St. Mark VII School for Deaf Children, Ntungamo Mixed Primary School and St. Bruno Vocational School received solar power and light so that deaf children can communicate even in the dark. In South Africa, support is provided to the I-Med Africa Centre, which offers medical training and workshops, IT-supported healthcare and psychological care, among other things.