Fiskani: September 2008 Archives

...SolarAid has just proved this saying right.

A customer by the name of Shalom Ngulube got wind of what we do and swept the shelves of SolarAid clean today by buying all the products on offer.

SolarAid stock.

We had 12 finished panels with light bulbs which we intended to send to our trained sales groups. Shalom smelt an opportunity to make money and challenged to order the whole lot for sale in his home area. The proceeds, he said, will be used to pay school fees for his relatives as he is the bread winner for his extended family. He said he will also keep a panel with a light bulb which his relatives will use for night studies. He has promised to come back on Thursday next week to buy more.

One of SolarAid's objectives is to support education and we feel happy that this is being achieved. We have taken this as a challenge and we have responded with equal measure by ordering more frames. Our dedicated and motivated assembling teams are now fired up and convinced that they are producing products which are earning kudos by those that have used them, hence the surging demand.

Our team of volunteers.

This positive development will not only flatter our volunteers but also the entire SolarAid staff, and everybody involved for their tireless efforts to change the lives disadvantaged people in this way.

More community-based organisations and youth groups will be trained in Nkhata Bay and Rumphi. Questionnaires have already been administered to the potential trainees to filter out the right candidates for the training. Many more groups of people are now coming forward to us begging for involvement in this project.

Selling SolarAid products at the market.

We are very sure that we will keep on delivering good results because the people we work with are inspired by their self-motivation which is key to sustainability. I salute our innovative volunteers for their hard work and commitment to the cause.