Meet Sharon...
Sharon Makoni, at the SolarAid training workshop in Zambia
This is 20 year old Sharon Makoni of Chilimboyi, Mumbwa District, in rural Zambia. Last week Sharon joined SolarAid's first Solar Training Workshop in Zambia. She learned how to construct a simple battery recharger with a small solar panel, and in the photo is seen testing this on a converted kerosene lantern.
I've recently started a six-month assignment with MBAs Without Borders in Zambia, with the challenge of helping SolarAid to find a sustainable way of getting small solar products - such as simple solar lanterns - into the hands of Zambia's rural poor.
For people like Sharon, this could mean gaining access to cheaper and healthier lighting, as well as the chance to generate income by establishing her own micro-solar business.
It's a simple yet incredible idea - and one that could have a huge impact on the lives of millions of people living in poverty. The challenge, of course, is making it happen.
Thank you,
Janelle Tisserand
SolarAid is very grateful for the work people like Janelle and her colleagues are doing in Zambia and beyond. Please help us to have an even bigger impact on the lives of millions of people in need, by donating to this project today.
Thanks from the SolarAid team.
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I run a solar business, and have supplied solar products to a UK charity (it was actually Engineers without Borders) to educate British schoolchildren about renewable energy.
The fact that projects like that described in the above blog are both educating people in the developing world as well as providing them with the tools to find the solutions themselves is fantastic.
Surely this must point the way ahead for Western countries to realise that solar power can be the solution to our energy and climate problems too?
Thanks for a fantastic site.