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SOLARAID: POWERING CHILDREN’S DREAMS   – Charity calls out for collaboration to bring safe and clean light to every school in sub-Saharan Africa. On United Nations International Day of Light (16th May), global development charity SolarAid is pledging to support every school in sub-Saharan Africa to have access to clean, safe, solar lighting by 2030. […]

The growth of the off-grid solar industry is good news for development, however, with a limited lifespan, the large number of solar lanterns and home systems being distributed in sub-Saharan Africa is also adding to the region’s existing problems with electronic waste (e-waste). To understand this issue further and to explore opportunities to respond to this […]

  We’d like to extend a huge warm sunny welcome to IndyCar driver and solar champion Stefan Wilson. Stefan is a thrill-seeker with a conscience. He made his IndyCar debut in 2013 off the back of a successful European karting and Junior Open-Wheel career, but it is his efforts off the track that have earned […]

SunnyMoney Managing Director and solar blogger, John Keane, paid a visit to Bomet district, Kenya, on Wednesday. Armed with his new cartoon smart phone app (don’t ask!), John joined the team to see how the Student Lights Campaign is progressing: “Yesterday I joined the SunnyMoney Kenya team in Bomet District to see how they were getting on […]

Gill Davies is researching the growth of developing renewable markets in Malawi. Lucky for us, Gill is working with our team in Mzuzu and keeping a blog of her findings. Read on… “I’m a second year PhD student at the Centre of African Studies, based in the University of Edinburgh. After a first year of research […]

So, other than solar lighting, what else do our SunnyMoney lights power? Digital Content Manager, Ralph Greenland takes a look at mobile phone charging via the sun in his new blog. Watch Ralph’s video, above, or for even more, take a look at his blog below: “The concept of solar phone charging isn’t new; even since I joined SolarAid in […]

  Today’s blog is written by Kat Harrison, Director of Research & Impact  Twitter: @sunrise_kat Tumblr: http://sunrisekat.tumblr.com “Today sees the release of our second ever impact report. The report is jam packed with information celebrating the amazing impact that you’ve helped us achieve over the last 12 months. We’ve made some great progress and we can’t wait […]