A lengthy dry season makes growing food in northern Benin incredibly difficult. SELF's Solar Market Garden combines solar-powered pumps with drip irrigation to enable year-round food production.
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Vaccine refrigerators, medical equipment, and water purification systems can’t run without access to electricity.
Solar-powered pumps ensure clean water delivery and can be combined with drip irrigation for food production.
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Electricity equips entrepreneurs with tools to jumpstart small business operations, creating more robust local economies.
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Solar-powered water pumping stations provide communities in the Kalalé District of Benin with clean drinking water, reducing the risk of waterborne illness and eliminating the need for women and girls to walk miles each day for water collection.
SELF and its Ugandan partner, the Rape Hurts Foundation use solar solutions to mitigate incidents of sexual violence against women and girls who must leave their villages in search of water and firewood, making them vulnerable to predators.
Solar-powered drip irrigation is a sustainable and practical way to grow a variety of produce. Used in isolation, solar power mitigates carbon emissions and drip irrigation reduces water use. Used together, these technologies offer a climate-smart option for crop production in even the harshe...
Solar energy is a powerful tool for sustainable development. To achieve key development objectives, like ending hunger, we must expand energy access. And to keep it sustainable, renewable sources are essential. Solar energy is clean, versatile, and increasingly affordable, making it a pra...
This Giving Tuesday, the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) invites you to join the movement to end energy poverty. For over 30 years, SELF has delivered solar powered solutions to communities who need it most. From landlocked African countries to remote island nations, SELF works around th...
SELF is a global leader in the fight against energy poverty. Since 1990, we’ve pioneered unique applications for solar energy, powering progress on food security, health care, education, gender equity, and more.