Support
Following Solarcentury's example, a number of other companies have offered support:
- Scottish and Southern Energy provides funding and staff volunteers for SolarAid’s projects in Tanzania
- Vodafone and Global Cool provide funding for SolarAid’s Zambia programme
- Lloyds of London, through its charities trust, is helping develop SolarAid’s carbon offsetting scheme
- White & Case and Covington & Burling, two legal firms, give pro bono advice
- the City of London, through the City Bridge Trust, supports the charity’s communications activities in London.
Foundations have also provided help, from the Big Lottery Fund's grant to research setting up programmes in Tanzania and Zambia, to assistance with UK management costs from Avina Stiftung, the Sylvia Adams Trust, the Polden Puckham Foundation and others.
Read more about this topic: Solar Aid
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