June 2008 Archives

Hi everyone,

The latest from our solar manager Destory in Tanzania is that sales of microsolar products are going up following the recent sales and marketing training. They are now placing a new order to import solar PV glass into Tanzania that will enable them to continue production. This is great news!

Carl, one of our volunteers based in Malawi, also recently visited Neema Crafts and was very impressed with the operations there. So, it's full steam ahead in Tanzania!

This is Carl, one of our volunteers in Africa

Good news. We're now setting up an office in Tanzania in Dar es Salaam, the capital city, thanks to the volunteer support of Alfred Wise, former CEO of Community Wealth Ventures, a US organisation that helps charities become more self-sustaining.

Alfred has found potential office space for us and is registering SolarAid in Tanzania as an organisation, which will help us loads with imports of materials, placing volunteers and recruiting local staff. Alfred is also working with Mason Huffine, a committed environmentalist who has extensive experience of working in developing countries. Mason is helping us set up too on a volunteer basis, which is fantastic.

This is very good news for us. We're already working hard with our existing partners in Tanzania, and this will help us scale up our work. However, as you can imagine, it's pretty bureaucratic and long-winded.