Hello from the Kourel #farming cooperative of northern Benin!
SELF partners with coops like Kourel to provide access to #electricity and irrigation.
With it, these farmers can grow more crops, earn more income, and nourish their community 🌱💛
#energytransition #solarenergy #foodsecurity
For nurse Brenda, access to #electricity means greater care for her patients.
Her community health clinic lacks grid electricity but fills the gap with #solar — allowing her to see patients in the evening, run essential medical equipment, & communicate with the outside world.
#healthcare #health
Awesome! ☀️
23.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Power to the people! ✊☀️
23.02.2026 19:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Agreed! 🙌🏽
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Two solar technicians work to install a solar-powered streetlight in rural Uganda
Worldwide renewable energy capacity is projected to more than double in the next five years.
Despite political headwinds and climate denial, clean energy is here to stay. ⚡
#cleanenergy #energysky #climate #renewables #sdg7
A man smiles in front of a solar array
Inequality is not inevitable. Access to essential resources like energy, water, education, and healthcare shapes what’s possible in people’s lives.
On this World Day of #SocialJustice, let's fight for a future that leaves no one behind.
#socialjusticeday #activism #solarenergy #justice
Valuable perspective and analysis!
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Community-led initiative brings solar powered cooking to the Masai
www.renewableenergymagazine.com/pv_solar/com...
More than 2 billion people still lack #CleanCooking access. Yes, billion with a “b.”
In Kenya’s Maasai Mara, #solar cooking is changing that—improving air quality, reducing deforestation, and addressing gender inequality.
Watch: youtu.be/elYBgjuZ-8Q?...
#sdg7 #energy
A group of people in Uganda stand under a solar-powered streetlight and point upwards
📰 In our latest newsletter, out today:
- Solar saves lives in the Maasai Mara
- Renewable jobs hit a high—but what sector leads the pack?
- & more!
Read it now: conta.cc/468wLmG
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#solar #energy #energysky #climate
In the Maasai Mara, access to #CleanCooking:
✅ Saves families time
✅ Mitigates air pollution
✅ Conserves the surrounding ecosystem
Watch our latest initiative come to life & learn why clean cooking is so pivotal for off-grid communities: youtu.be/elYBgjuZ-8Q?...
#solar #energy #sdg7
Big news from @solarfund.bsky.social! 📣
A new initiative brings solar power to the famed Maasai Mara, with benefits to human health, climate resilience, and conservation.
Learn more: www.self.org/blog/solar-p...
#energy #climate #resilience #renewbles #sdg7
Absolutely! ☀️
11.02.2026 21:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The future is renewable 🌀🌟
11.02.2026 21:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Incredible to see. It's clear that solar is not just a climate solution, but also a deeply practical way to improve energy access in under-electrified regions. ⚡
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📢 Today, SELF announces an exciting new partnership with the Maasai people to expand access to solar-powered cooking, lighting, device charging, and clean water.
Learn more: www.self.org/blog/solar-p...
#energysky #energy #solar #conservation #climatejustice
SELF has been doing, and is doing, amazing work solarizing people's lives.
07.02.2026 01:09 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Thanks for your support! ☀️
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SELF works with a farming cooperative in Benin on solar-powered drip irrigation
Veggies grow in a greenhouse in Benin
Look at these veggies go! 🫛
SELF deploys climate-smart growing techniques in collaboration with local #farming cooperatives.
These partnerships forge more resilient #FoodSystems, especially in regions heavily affected by climate change.
#climate #sdg13 #resilience #westafrica
An entrepreneur in Kole, Uganda shows off his textile shop
⚡ Electrifying small businesses. Multiplying opportunity.
When entrepreneurs have access to reliable #energy, they can expand their offerings and grow their bottom line.
#Solar can power a new start for rural economies. Learn more: www.self.org/livelihoods/
When families lack reliable power, time is lost to daily tasks like collecting water and fuel—burdens that typically fall on women and girls.
I spoke with The Borgen Project about "time poverty" and the solutions already within reach: borgenproject.org/solar-electr...
#energy #poverty #solar
What is "time poverty" and how can #SolarPower address it?
In conversation with SELF's executive director, The Borgen Project dives into the issue & the real solutions making headway today. Read the article here: borgenproject.org/solar-electr...
#energy #poverty #electrification #sdg7
Wishing you a happy International Day of Clean Energy!
#internationaldayofcleanenergy #cleanenergy #energy #solar
Today is the #InternationalDayOfCleanEnergy! ☀️
Since 1990, @solarfund.bsky.social has partnered with off-grid communities to improve access to #CleanEnergy.
Learn more: www.self.org
📸: Installing solar home systems in Bhutan in 2003
In Uganda, access to electricity means more students can stay in school and pursue their dreams. 💡
Discover how solar is powering education beyond the grid: www.self.org/education/
#sdg4 #internationaldayofeducation #education #solar
"The question is no longer whether the fossil fuel era will end, but how. Who will lead, and who will be left behind?"
The #CleanEnergy transition can be slowed, but it cannot be stopped. Read more from Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim & @paulpolman.bsky.social: time.com/7353478/davo...
A woman in Benin smiles as she walks the row of a solar garden with a basket of produce on her head
All smiles over here! It's the dry season in Kalalé, Benin, but our solar gardens are abundant, thanks to clean energy + drip irrigation. 🌱
#solar #garden #sustainability #greensky
@solarfund.bsky.social does such amazing work -- do consider a 2025 year end donation (which you can still do!) to support energy access, gender equity and justice!
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Women in rural Uganda trek between the home to the nearest water source, collecting water in jerrycans
According to @unicef.org, women & girls spend 200 million hours per day collecting #water — robbing them of their time & their futures.
Where #electricity is absent, running water often is too. SELF works to close this gap through solar-powered water systems. Learn more: www.self.org/water/
