SolarAid Director elected as Ashoka Fellow

SolarAid Executive Director Nick Sireau was elected as a fellow of the Ashoka Global Association of Social Entrepreneurs in January 2010, reflecting SolarAid's rapidly growing credibility as a social enterprise.

Ashoka was set up in 1981 and brings together 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs from around the world, providing them with access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries. Ashoka develops models for collaboration to advance the field of social entrepreneurship and the citizen sector.

Nick was elected following a stringent selection process involving several stages of meetings, interviews, references and information gathering. He is one of only two fellows elected by Ashoka UK this year.

'I'm extremely pleased to be elected an Ashoka fellow,' Nick said. 'Ashoka is an amazing network that will hugely benefit SolarAid as we seek to scale up our work.'

To read the Ashoka summary profile of Nick Sireau, click here.

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