Four charities and a social enterprise unite to improve education, health and reduce deforestation through innovative energy access solutions for rural communities in Madagascar , sharing learning and insights to leverage lasting and sustainable change.
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The island of Madagascar is one of the most vulnerable countries to Climate Change, with droughts leading to crop failures, cyclones and floods. It is one of the poorest countries in the world with a high reliance on farming. 90% of rural communities do not have access to electricity. With no alternatives, families chop and burn wood, use kerosene lamps, paraffin candles, or live in the dark. Schools struggle to give children the education they need. Activities after dark are impossible.
Working with charities who have long standing experience with rural communities across Madagascar - Money for Madagascar, SEED, and Feedback Madagascar - along with SolarAid and Jiro-Ve providing expertise in solar solutions, the partnership is developing sustainable solutions using solar power to help provide access to clean energy to light homes, power education tablets for teachers and students, and use solar cookers for daily school feeding programmes.
