Airport Reception to Welcome UN Youth Leader and SDG Advocate
Lilongwe, Malawi — 14 Oct 2025— Global recording artist, UN Youth Leader, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) advocate AY Young will arrive at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe from Nairobi to kick off the launch of Battery Tour MALAWI!
AY will be greeted with a special airport reception hosted by Freshwater Project International, featuring performances and warm welcomes from the CHAMBO Scout Troop and the Burning Fire Scout Troop from Dzaleka Refugee Camp.
During his week-long visit, AY and his team will take part in a series of activations across Malawi, including:
- A performance at the Lake of Stars Malawi Arts Festival (Youth Day and Festival Main Stage)
- School visits at Kabwinja Schools (Dowa), where Malawian soccer star Temwa Chawinga’s water project is making an impact with clean water now flowing!
- Pop-up concerts and youth community engagement at Dzaleka Refugee Camp
- A visit to Kusewera Community Center in Chitipi to interact with youth
Through these events, AY Young and Freshwater Project International are teaming up to power advocacy for SDG 6: Clean Water and Safe Sanitation, inspiring action toward sustainable access to safe water and sanitation for all.
Photo and interview opportunities available at the airport arrival.
📍 AY Young, founder of the Battery Tour — the world’s first renewable-energy-powered concert series.
📍 Manuel Nangazi, Malawi Country Manager for Freshwater Project International a Malawian NGO.
📍 Joseph Kamvabingu, CHAMBO Scout Troop leader and founder of Digital Scout Malawi to help young people serve their communities with pride and running a youth-led hygiene project called Hygiene for Life which teaches good hygiene, shares dignity kits, and helps communities stay healthy.
📍 Scouts and leaders from CHAMBO Scout Troop and the Burning Fire Scout Troop from Dzaleka Refugee Camp will perform cultural scout songs and dancing.
AY Young and Battery Tour AFRICA
- We’re on the road to power 1,000 concerts using renewable energy.
- We’ve done over 960 shows from the streets of my hometown of Kansas City to Times Square in New York City to the villages of Malawi — all FOR IMPACT!
- And that’s why I’m hyped to be teaming up with Freshwater Project International, because they’re doing what we do — using energy and innovation to power people’s lives.
The Connection — Music x Energy x Water
- See, Battery Tour runs on solar power. Freshwater runs on solar power too — but instead of speakers, they’re powering life. Madzi Ndi Moyo! Water is Life!
- We’re talking solar-piped water systems bringing clean water straight into schools, health clinics, and villages across Malawi.
- No more long walks for water. No more sickness from dirty wells. Just sun + tech + community = transformation.
Real IMPACT!
- When those solar panels flip the switch, water flows. And that moment — that first drop — it’s like music. It’s freedom!
- Clean water means girls can stay in school. It means nurses can wash their hands. It means farmers can grow food and families can stay healthy!
- Freshwater’s out here changing the beat of an entire nation in Malawi— one solar water system at a time!
Global Movement — The Bigger Vision
- We’re on the Road to 1000 — one thousand clean energy shows across the globe — powered by music, sustainability, and impact.
- And this partnership with Freshwater? It’s that same rhythm — connecting power to purpose. Because whether it’s a concert or a solar water system, clean energy is how we light up the world!
- Let’s turn it up for clean water. Let’s turn up for clean energy. Let’s turn it up to POWER UP MALAWI AND POWER UP CHANGE!