The workshops were carried out for the Agency and Embassy’s ground staff’s children. This was in order to provide sustainability, renewable energy and practical solar education to the students as part of SDC’s continuous effort to provide clean energy awareness through various initiatives.See Pictures
A rural education workshop was carried out to teach students about the basics of electricity, energy, sustainability and design and also about the importance of participating in climate action. The training was carried out in 2 day increments for 44 girls and 33 boys. See Pictures
A two-days workshop for Refugees and Asylum Seekers was organized in May 2016 in Milan, Italy. The activity was organized in cooperation with a local partner, Milan-based onlus SOS Erm. The group of refugees learnt how to make their own solar lamps and took part in the organisation of an event in Milan, when they exposed their lamp and explained the project. See Pictures
The Lamp-maker training was conducted at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm where 10 people (5 students and 5 professionals) were trained. We plan to open a LEDsafari center in Stockholm in the future.See Pictures
The training was conduced in Nairobi, Embu and Mombasa where 100 people were trained. A crowd funding was organized in Switzerland to fund this project in Kenya. As a follow-up, a second training was organized in August 2014 in the Gilgil region, where 15 people were trained. During this process, we got to interact with some people from the 2013 LEDsafari training who had initiated their own enterprise of making and selling solar lamps.See Pictures
Two comprehensive Educational trainings were conducted for the ‘Umang’ summer school that hosted 51 selected students (classes 6-10) from interior naxalite-infested villages of the district. This area sees hardly any access to electricity and the students mostly only used kerosene lamps that are hugely detrimental to health. This initiative delivered science, design and technology learning and exposure, not only providing the participants with the take-back of a sustainable light source but also cultivating in many the interest to pursue solar and electrical engineering as formal or vocational careers.See Pictures
The workshop was conducted as a part of a team building event in WWF Lausanne which 10 people attended. The events main purpose was to create interest in Solar DIY lamps.See Pictures