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Solar for the Masses
On May 07, 2011 Solar Jooce hosted a successful 70s-themed dinner-dance in London, supported by the Nigeria High Commission, UK. Net proceeds from the fundraising event and pledges enabled us purchase 124 solar units, and Team Solar Jooce hit the road once more in July 2011 to light up more villages across Nigeria. View the fundraising event pictures on the inside.
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LATEST NEWS: Solar Jooce has launched "Project Green Hands', a tree planting excercise that aims to plant at least 100,000 trees a year across Nigeria. The first Green Hands project, led by Awele Awanyai, an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, saw the planting of a symbolic 10 trees at CMS Senior Secondary School, Bariga in Lagos, Nigeria - in association with the school's Climate Change club. Pictures inside...
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Join the 36-State Tour
The Solar for the Masses expedition has come and gone. In 17 days (not 36 as we had thought!), we traversed the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The road trip started on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 and ended on Friday, June 11, 2010.
Team Solar jooce covered a total distance of 9,309km.
As we drove through villages in every state to provide basic solar appliances to primary healthcare centres and micro-businesses - and to recruit rural women for training as Solar Engineers - our objectives were two-fold:
1. to show the possibilities of using solar to meet the Millennium Development Goals [End poverty & Hunger; Gender Equality; Universal Education; Child Health; Maternal Health; Environmental Sustainability; Global Partnership]
2. Regenerate economic, educational and social activity at the grassroot level.
We were (and still are) are guided by three important quotes:
"Power supply is crucial in stimulating economic growth, ensuring poverty reduction and employment generation, and enhancing economic competitiveness." - Nigeria's President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
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