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With such high temperatures in the UK this week, it seems apt Solarcentury would make its biggest ever donation of £528,527 to SolarAid – as covered by the Guardian. Here are three reasons why we are celebrating today: Rising from the ashes We have shared with you the difficult times SolarAid had when we catalysed the markets of Kenya […]

  This great little video, from the Design Museum, shows the process that went into the design of the SM100 solar light. DesignIt-MakeIt-UseIt is an outreach project for primary schools, run by the Design Museum for Flagship Open Futures Schools. The project supports teachers to use design as a route into creativity and problem-solving in […]

  Mr. Nsolo glances at two solar lights sitting, gathering dust and taking up precious shelf space in his cramped repair shop in Choma town, in Zambia’s Southern Province. The lights sit, untouched, among shelves covered with mobile phones, televisions and radios, many open with wires and cables jutting out in carefully ordered chaos. “These […]

Ella Collins ran the entire length of the Thames Path – covering a distance of almost 300km! I didn’t want to run all that flipping way for a cause that I didn’t 1000% believe was legit. […] There are a lot of charities that do a lot of good out there but some, like SolarAid, […]

What can failure, learning and success look like when designing a new programme? Do we, as development organisations recognise the domino effects that our well meaning interventions can have on rural communities and the environment? And when recognising these, how can we turn them into opportunities? This is a case study of that. In this […]

When SolarAid was established in 2006 to fight poverty and climate change, we set an ambitious vision: To create a world where everyone has access to clean, renewable energy, with a mission to eradicate the dangerous, polluting kerosene lamp from Africa. Our work began in Malawi, where we installed our first solar system and trained […]

Susan, from Yumbe District in Uganda, is a mother and wife who has raised five school children with her husband Nixon. She spends her days teaching students at a Secondary School in Moyo and her evenings working on her farm and business, but now she is a SunnyMoney agent too. Susan heard about SunnyMoney when she attended a […]

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge in Finance? A position has arisen at SolarAid for a UK Management Accountant to provide key accounting support for SolarAid UK and the SolarAid Group. Location: London, UK (Hybrid working possible) Contract: Full time Salary: Either £35,700 to £41,475 (depending on experience) if you are fully […]

Climate change is being felt in the rural parts of Zambia. The rain pattern has shifted, some areas are suffering from floods while others are going through dire dry spells, making harvest difficult. Small solar lights are playing an important role in combating the use of dirty, dangerous fuels like kerosene or cheap batteries that […]

Below, former Headmistress of Withington Girls’ School, Janet Pickering talks about her experience of visiting The Gambia to share the gift of light… I had the privilege of being the Headmistress of Withington Girls’ School (WGS), Manchester, from 2000 to 2010.  In 2003 the School began an ongoing link with small-scale education projects in The Gambia, […]