Solardẹrọ Foundation

Making Life Easy with Solar Energy

Solardẹrọ Foundation puts solar energy directly into the hands of women, children and rural communities across Africa.

15000

People reached across our programmes

5000

Solar school bags in the hands of students

Programmes: women, children, rural livelihoods

Our mission

We put the power in their hands — then teach them to keep it there.

Across Nigeria, millions live, learn and earn without reliable power. We work in that gap — in classrooms with no light, in households run by women, in rural workshops with nothing to charge a tool. Every unit we hand over comes with the training to use it, repair it and build on it.

Support vulnerable children

Educate and empower

Transform lives with solar

Build a sustainable future

Our programmes

Three programmes. One idea.

Each one serves a different group, and each one pairs equipment with education — because a solar unit without the know-how is a short-lived gift.

For women

RenewHER

Solar equipment, sustainability training and financial literacy for women building independent livelihoods — so the light stays on long after we leave.

For children

Ray of Hope

Solar school bags that charge on the walk to school and light the homework at night, plus solar systems for schools and STEM classes that open the field to girls.

For rural communities

Vocation Training

Practical skills that pay: assembling, installing and repairing solar systems, so a community can service its own power instead of waiting on someone else.

In the field

You do not have to take our word for it.

Deutsche Welle came to film the solar school bags. The rest is our own footage from the field — the schools, the households, and the children who now have light after dark.

DW feature

We got featured by DW — Solar School Bags

In rural Africa

Solar school bags helping children without electricity in rural Africa

Rural Nigeria

Life without electricity: how solar bags are changing nights in rural Nigeria

One student

She crawled to school every day — until we gave her a life-changing gift

Working with

Get involved

Three ways to help

Give

Make a donation

Your gift buys solar school bags, home systems and hours of training for the communities we work in. One-off or monthly.

Volunteer

Give your skills

Designers, writers, engineers and people ready to travel to the field. Tell us what you are good at and we will find where it fits.

Partner

Work with us

Schools, companies and organisations who want to bring solar access and STEM education to a community. Let us build the programme together.

Where we shine

Reaching families
where the grid doesn't.

From Lagos to Lamu Island, Solardẹrọ bags are already lighting homes across 6 countries.

Come join us

We are looking for people who will not sit still.

Help us bring light and learning to communities that have waited long enough. Whether you design, write, teach, or are ready to travel to the field, there is a place here for what you are good at.

Make it happen

Ready to put light in someone’s hands?

One solar school bag lights a child’s homework for years. That is exactly where your money goes.