In places like rural Africa, solar energy is a leapfrog technology. In the same way that Africa leapfrogged over landlines with mobile phones, they will leapfrog over electrical grids, for many of the same reasons.
In Kenya, SolarAid is using a franchise system to meet the huge demand for solar products. Solar Aid has been busy recruiting and training the people who will take solar power to their communities.
People like Ramonah Omukhobero.
SolarAid's franchisees are small business people who sell micro-solar products like the Ravi to individuals and families. The Ravi is a small solar panel and charging unit which will charge mobile phones and provide room lighting.
SolarAid also help institutions like schools and hospitals with larger solar installations. At any scale, SolarAid’s work is about economic partnerships, rather than simply distributing technology.
Featuring Miguel Ramirez.
Interviews by Charlotte Webster from www.solarcentury.com
Made by www.bradbell.tv with the…
In places like rural Africa, solar energy is a leapfrog technology. In the same way that Africa leapfrogged over landlines with mobile phones, they will leapfrog over electrical grids, for many of the same reasons.
In Kenya, SolarAid is using a franchise system to meet the huge demand for solar products. Solar Aid has been busy recruiting and training the people who will take solar power to their communities.
People like Ramonah Omukhobero.
SolarAid's franchisees are small business people who sell micro-solar products like the Ravi to individuals and families. The Ravi is a small solar panel and charging unit which will charge mobile phones and provide room lighting.
SolarAid also help institutions like schools and hospitals with larger solar installations. At any scale, SolarAid’s work is about economic partnerships, rather than simply distributing technology.
Featuring Miguel Ramirez.
Interviews by Charlotte Webster from www.solarcentury.com
Made by www.bradbell.tv with the…
What do you get when you combine the power of the sun, a Jackie Chan action movie and your donation?
SolarAid has converted a minibus into a 4x4 sun-catching, cinema on wheels – the Solar Roller! They attract crowds across rural Kenya by showing educational films and movies. SolarAid demonstrate how solar energy can liberate people from toxic and expensive kerosene, as well as power the mobile cinema.
Duration: 2:20
This film was made with support from Barclays.
Find out more about Solaraid
www.solar-aid.org
Donate to SolarAid
www.solar-aid.org/​donation_type.html
Interviewer: Anna Wells
Text: Steve Andrews
Film made by
www.bradbell.tv
Bob Kokonya is a farmer in Kenya. He earns a little over a dollar a day. There is no electricity in the area of rural Kenya where he lives, so most people resort to burning kerosene. Bob's family was spending the majority of his income lighting their house.
Bob's life was recently transformed by solar power. He bought a Sunny Money Ravi, a solar powered LED light (with mobile phone charging) created by the development charity SolarAid. Now Bob can invest his income in his farm, in other basic needs, or in more solar power.
Find out more about Solaraid
solar-aid.org
Find out more about SolarAid's work in Kenya
solar-aid.org/sunnymoney/
Donate to SolarAid
solar-aid.org/donation_type.html
Interviewers: Anna Wells (SolarAid), Charlotte Webster ( solarcentury.com )
Film made by bradbell.tv
This short video shows the extraordinary impact of the support of SolarAid's donors. It focuses on their work with schools in East Africa... and shows how solar panels are helping children to achieve better exam results. This film was made with support from Barclays. Duration: 04.24
Find out more about Solaraid
www.solar-aid.org
Donate to SolarAid
solar-aid.org/donation_type.html
Interviewers: Charlotte Webster ( www.solarcentury.com ), Anna Wells (SolarAid)
Story editor: Steve Andrews
Film made by
www.bradbell.tv
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