The winners of the Zayed Future Energy Prize were announced this morning with the SolarAid team huddled around their laptops in the early hours waiting for the news to filter through from Abu Dhabi. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be as Kopernik scooped the award in the non-profit category meaning SolarAid miss out on the $1.5 […]
With a huge amount of help from our amazing supporters, solar lights are changing lives across some of the poorest regions of Africa. When our social enterprise, SunnyMoney, first started selling lights back in 2006 there were around 40,000 on the market. Thanks to their market building initiatives that figure now stands at 11.5 million, […]
Hi, I’m Nancy Muyeleka. I’m the Call Centre Coordinator here in the SunnyMoney Zambia office. I joined SunnyMoney in June 2013 as a Field Coordinator before taking an office role after the birth of my second child. I love Zambia; it is such a special country full of great wildlife and amazing people. From […]
The Big Give Challenge is an amazing opportunity to get your donation to SolarAid DOUBLED. Thanks to the Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation and the Big Give themselves any donation you make (up to £5k) on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th will be matched. This means that a £30 donation will help get lights to 20 families in Africa – saving them nearly […]
As our out-going CEO, Andrew Webb prepares to join the Executive Board at VSO International as their new Director of Business Development. He has a special farewell message for our supporters. Over to you Andy. As I come to the end of my time at SolarAid and wrap-up a few loose ends I […]
SolarAid and SunnyMoney have now sold over 1.7 million solar lights. This report shows how this has lit up millions of lives, catalysed sustainable solar markets and enabled critical research and policy work.
This is Joseph Karanja. Joseph is a solar superstar. He’s using SunnyMoney solar lights as a symbol of peace between communities in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. Here’s his latest blog about his solar for peace initiative. Keep up the great work Joseph. Eldoret, the capital of Uasin Gishu County, once an epicentre of violence is […]
You may recall from some of our previous blogs that we were in the process of looking for a new home for our award-winning Research & Impact department. Well, it looks like we’ve found one, but we can’t talk about it just yet. We can confirm that Kat, our Director of Research & Impact, will […]
Solar lights improve opportunities for girls. With savings made by families they can often afford to send more children to school and with a free and clean source of light in the evening everybody gets a chance to study, not just the boys. With Goal 5 of the Global Goals in mind we explore the […]
Ethan went without light and gadgets for 5 days! He raised a phenomenal £1,700 for SolarAid, saving families over £67,600, which would otherwise have been spent on extremely hazardous ways of lighting their homes. In Ethan’s words, “I’ve seen how a small amount of money can create such huge and sustainable change to children’s health, […]