First of two solar donations arrive in Tanzania

Hundreds of panels are routinely shipped from all over the world to the Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory at the Arizona State University and once tested, often left. So, Slobodan Petrovic (a Professor in Renewable Energy at the University and soon to be the newest addition to the Tanzania team) suggested that SolarAid should be the beneficiary of these surplus panels.

Thanks to Slobodan, Dr. Mani G. Tamizh-Mani and the rest of the team at the Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory we will soon be receiving several large panels for school and clinic installations.

There should be around 200 macro-solar panels as well about 15 boxes of solar-related books for school libraries plus a large assortment of solar testing equipment and tools - pretty exciting stuff for all the solar geeks out here!

A woman by the mysterious name of 'B' from Ryan World Shipping also gave us a preferential shipping rate to get it all out here.

If that's not enough, recently arrived in the office is a donation from a Canadian company, Carmanah Technologies Corp, who sent us just over 900 micro-solar panels! Thank you to Len and Julie for organising this. We hope to integrate these into our micro-solar and education programmes very soon.

Hello Sunshine! Mason greets the donation of micro-solar panels with a smile

You can all see how happy this has made Mason, Tanzania's Operations Manager. Not to mention the positive impact this donation will make on all the school children, rural communities and entrepreneurs across Tanzania who we'll be reaching.

It's wonderful to see that our work is inspiring partners like these to support us. You too can support our work and help us get more panels onto more schools in rural, poverty-stricken areas.

Thank you,
Courtney