The Role of Solar Lanterns in the Fight Against Ebola
With over 21,000 infections and more than 8,000 deaths from the Ebola virus since the beginning of the outbreak in 2014, health care facilities in West Africa are strained beyond …Read More
‘Library’ of Solar Lights puts pico-PV in the hands of approximately 55,000 rural Senegalese
Students in 58 selected rural schools in Senegal were introduced to a different kind of library — a luminothèque – or library of solar lights, thanks to SunnyMoney’s innovative new …Read More
Solar lamps for disaster relief
Elephant Energy, a not-for-profit organization that works to increase access to energy in Namibia, distributed solar-powered lighting and charging technologies to flood victims in six regions of Namibia in July …Read More
Tell Stories of Energy Poverty and Get Rewarded!
Peter DiCampo’s Life Without Lights photography in Northern Ghana, Kurdistan in Northern Iraq and New Mexico, USA, reveals how energy poverty affects people’s lives and hampers development. His work will be exhibited …Read More
Portable Solar lights in Commercial Farming: Illuminating the Pecking Order
Mr. Karanu successfully runs a commercial chicken farm in Maai Mahiu, Kenya, despite having no connection to the grid. He has a contract with Kenya’s dominant chicken distributor, Kenchic Ltd., …Read More
Targeting Schools to Reach Whole Communities
Referring to climbing fuel prices, Dr. Moody, a local doctor, businessman and resident of Mafia Island off the southeast coast of Tanzania, said “not many families can use kerosene at …Read More
Farm Workers Enjoy the Benefits of Solar Lighting
“When I put in the new solar lights, my kid thought it was electricity and told me to turn on the TV! There’s no difference to main power (grid electricity), …Read More