Felix Mukobeko is Zambian, 29, single, and a recent participant at our micro-solar production set-up workshop in Mumbwa (a small town which lies 150 km west of the Zambian capital of Lusaka).  His parents and older brothers have passed away, leaving Felix as head of a ten-person household.  Felix is a self-employed carpenter and joiner, [...]

This is 20-year-old Sharon Makoni of Chilimboyi, Mumbwa District, in rural Zambia.  Last week Sharon joined SolarAid’s first Solar Training Workshop in Zambia.  She learned how to construct a simple battery recharger with a small solar panel, and in the photo is seen testing this on a converted kerosene lantern.
I’ve recently started a six-month assignment [...]

Janelle has proven interest in global affairs – having traveled in over seventy countries – and is especially familiar with Asia, Europe and West Africa. Prior to graduate studies she spent over four years exploring the globe, traveling overland and mostly alone from Tokyo to Togo. Highlights included trekking the jungles of Sierra Leone, traveling dressed in hejab around Iran, and walking over a thousand kilometers across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago.