As regular readers of the SolarAid blog will know, solar energy does more than just generate power – it changes lives! Sunshine Stories is a short documentary series, by Jill Johannessen, on how solar energy is a liberating power, featuring tales from rural Africa. Jill traveled around East Africa to explore how solar energy not only brings clean power, but forsters […]
Have you ever wondered if you have too much “stuff”? As Christmas comes around again the retail sector rubs its hands with glee, as spending goes through the roof, but do we really need to give and receive more and more physical goods? We sometimes forget (perhaps we’re blinded by all the shiny lights!?) that […]
Back in 2014 SolarAid partnered with Stanford University and Acumen to conduct some research on the impact of solar lighting on education. The project focusses on Zambia and includes results from questionnaires with over 1800 students. The research aims to measure academic performance, school attendance and how primary school students progress to secondary school, as well as uncovering changes in study […]
Our new SM100 solar light has been very well received in Africa. The two minute video below shows Nancy from SunnyMoney visiting Mulalika Primary School in Zambia and talking to the head teacher, Mr. Hachilangu, who has helped distribute hundreds of solar lights to families that live without electricity. This video demonstrates exactly why SolarAid […]
Prince Philip, 95, opened the new Design Museum in west London yesterday with the support of students from Sion Manning Roman Catholic Girls’ School and SolarAid’s SM100 solar light. The event marked the launch of the new £83million Design Museum building in Kensington, which opens its doors to the public on the 24th November. The […]
SolarAid turned 10 years old in 2016. This report looks at the impact SolarAid has made over the last ten years, focussing on Kenya and Tanzania, where small but thriving solar markets now exist where previously there were none.
Can you imagine living without electricity? No TV, no mobile phone, no fridge, or oven or light!? When the clocks went back last Sunday, and the UK got darker one hour earlier, our long time friends and supporters at 9BAR kicked off a very clever awareness raising campaign highlighting what it’s like to live without […]
The following is a short report from Bernard McCarty, a long time supporter of SolarAid who donates a proportion of the money generated by his home Solar PV system via direct debit each month. Here he explains how he offset his “space trip” by donating to SolarAid. This summer, the arrival of a ‘big birthday’ provided the perfect […]
This year, SolarAid celebrates a decade of work towards a sustainable future, by distributing solar lights in rural communities in Africa. We’ve helped over 10 million people get access to clean, affordable solar light and helped catalyse two of the first solar lighting markets in Kenya and Tanzania. But we couldn’t have done it alone. […]
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, Nelson Mandela’s famous words, displayed on the back of the students’ books in Mulalika Primary School, Chongwe District, Zambia. A two hour drive out of Lusaka brought us to this rural school and the huge smile of Mr. Hachilangu – the […]