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Categories: Livelihoods, health and education
Project Name: Zambia community centres
Country: Zambia
About: This project will install solar PV systems on schools, clinics and community centres across Zambia enabling people to have access to clean renewable energy. It will also provide training that will enable people to start solar businesses which assemble and sell small solar chargers which can power radios, mobile phones and lamps.
Duration: Start-up and ongoing
Cost: tba
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Category: Health
Project Name: Solar powered water pump
Country: Throughout Africa and South America
About: This project will test a new solar powered water pump, that will allow families to access clean water for drinking, washing and irrigation.
Duration: Ongoing
Cost: £50,000 to conduct a pilot field test and evaluation.
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Categories: Livelihoods and climate change
Project Name: Solar power for indigenous communities, South America
Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru
About: This project will introduce solar power in remote communities, reducing their dependency on wood and charcoal and giving them an income.
Duration: Five years
Cost: £2,425,300
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Categories: Health
Project Name: Lighting Malawian homes
Country: Malawi
About: Poor communities in Malawi use kerosene for lighting, which is highly toxic. This project will introduce clean, affordable solar lighting and electricity into rural homes by local solar entrepreneurs.
Duration: 2 years
Cost: £139,680
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We are doing this project in partnership with TRAID, a ground breaking charity committed to protecting the environment and reducing world poverty through recycling and delivering educational programmes and campaigning.

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Categories: Education and Livelihoods
Project Name: Solar for children
Country: Tanzania
About: This project will create jobs for the poorest people, and bring solar power to local communities and school children.
Regions: Mtwara/Lindi, Kagera and Dodoma
Duration: Four years and three months
Cost: £999,038.95
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