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Shining a light for energy poverty

According to the UN Foundation 18% of the world’s population has no access to electricity and a further 15% only has access to unreliable and inconsistent electricity. With this in mind, our Year 9 Advance class sought to make a difference and help light up the lives of those affected.

We purchased thirty-six Solar Buddy kits with the funds raised from the Earth Hour event held at St Albans Secondary College in March. The Solar Buddy torches were assembled by the students and distributed to children living in remote communities in Papua New Guinea. Each Solar Buddy provides one hour of light output for each hour it is exposed to the sun.

The Year 9 Advance students really enjoyed building the torches and sending messages, whilst being educated about energy poverty, renewable energy and global citizenship.

To the St Albans Secondary College community - thank you for your generous Earth Hour donations to aid global energy poverty.

To quote, SolarBuddy.org:

“Illuminating futures, one light, one child and one community at time”