A-Access to light for communities in off-grid villages through Kampung Terang Hemat Energi (Bright Energy-Saving Villages) Indonesia. A 2017 – 2018 program where approximately 25 villages in North Sumatra, East Bali, Central
"Lighting library" for schools in Uganda
Access to light through a "lighting library" in schools, where students can use solar lanterns to take home to learn, play and create after dark in Uganda.
Empowering local women entrepreneurs & building solar energy access in rural Rajasthan
In rural Rajastan, India, agricultural farming families & daily wage laborers are dependent on kerosene lanterns and battery torches as lighting sources. Women have limited opportunities for income generation.
Creating an army of solar technicians to make solar a viable reality!
At a recent business reception, an African diplomat told me his roof top solar installation hadn’t been functioning for months and that he was at wits end in finding a technician locally to repair and maintain. He wondered whether I had any ideas or ways to help him, for instance by sending an expert technician to fix his problem once and for all. Though I was a bit taken aback by this request, as the meeting was in Utrecht in the Netherlands, it did get me thinking.
