Nick: July 2008 Archives

I've just had lunch with Pedro of the Avina Foundation to discuss plans for our South America solar programme. Avina is our key partner in South America and does work across the continent on a wide range of issues.

Pedro comes over to Europe every few months to drum up support for South America. I arrange for him to meet several foundations to see how they could help. We hope to have our first volunteer in South America in the coming months once we've raised enough funding to support the project - so please do chip in if you can.

Here's a picture of Raul, our Avina counter-part in Argentina, demonstrating a solar panel to indigenous people. Raul was showing them how a small 1 watt solar panel can directly power a radio, which is fantastic for them as many of them spend weeks with their animals in very isolated areas with no means of communications.

Plans for our project in South America are gathering pace, although we still need more funds in order to recruit a volunteer and send him or her there for a few months to get things off the ground.