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Solar Sister is an innovative social enterprise that empowers women in Africa with economic opportunity and clean energy. Solar Sister combines the breakthrough potential of innovations in affordable, portable and durable micro-solar technology with a deliberately woman-centered direct sales network.
Women use their “business in a bag” to become Solar Sister entrepreneurs, earning an income and bringing much needed clean energy. Access to clean energy technology enhances education, improves health and safety and provides economic opportunity. Through economic opportunity and the transforming benefits of solar technology, women are able to lift themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has developed the concept of “Momentum for Change” as a way to demonstrate the multiple benefits of addressing climate change and to transform misperceptions surrounding taking action on climate change. Solar Sister has been recognized for their positive efforts to address climate change in Uganda.
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