Projects
SolarAid obtained charitable status in August 2006. It came out of Solarcentury, now the UK's largest solar company, when a group of volunteers there came together to launch SolarAid's first project in Malawi. Its founding Chairman was Jeremy Leggett, also Executive Chairman of Solarcentury, and its founding Executive Director was Nick Sireau.
SolarAid's second project was in southern Tanzania, with an organisation called Neema Crafts in Iringa. SolarAid trained a group of deaf and disabled people to build and sell microsolar products.
SolarAid started to expand in 2007 through funding from several sources, particularly TRAID for Malawi and the Global Cool Foundation for Zambia. These projects comprise a combination of macrosolar installations for schools and community centres, and microsolar trainings for small entrepreneurs.
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