Renewable World

18/08/2026

📸 Sustainability Snapshot: Community awareness sessions in Kajiado, Kenya

Earlier this year, 318 community members from Olanti and Meshanani in Kajiado County, together with local leaders and traditional birth attendants, took part in awareness sessions on maternal health, immunisation, family planning, and local healthcare services, all delivered within their communities.

Participants learned about the new free ultrasound services at Olanti, helping families avoid costly travel to access care.

☀️ Since solarisation, communities have reported better emergency care, improved vaccine storage, safer facilities, and stronger healthcare services overall.

By combining clean energy with community engagement, we're not just powering health facilities, we're helping build healthier, more resilient communities.

Our sincere thanks to Rotork for their generous support of this work.

PHOTO: Women in attendance at an awareness session.

12/08/2026

International Youth Day: Meet one young entrepreneur turning local challenges into lasting opportunities

This , we're celebrating the young people driving positive change in their communities.

In Homa Bay, Kenya, Washington transformed a business challenge into an opportunity with support from our Energy for Livelihoods project, helping build a more sustainable future for himself and his family.

Read his inspiring story: renewable-world.org/news/celebrating-young-people-creating-sustainable-livelihoods/

29/07/2026

29/07/2026

Today is World Tiger Day, a global moment to raise awareness of endangered tiger populations and the importance of protecting the habitats they depend on. 🐯

At the heart of our REALIZE2 project in Nepal is the belief that conservation works best when local communities are actively involved. That's why we're working with people living in the northern buffer zone of Bardiya National Park to strengthen wildlife conservation, reduce poverty, and support sustainable livelihoods.

One powerful way we engage communities is through street drama performances, bringing important conservation messages directly to villages and schools. Today’s performance focuses on human-wildlife coexistence, exploring the challenges faced by communities living alongside wildlife and the shared responsibility of protecting biodiversity.

🎥VIDEO: In this short extract, a woman loses a goat to a tiger while grazing her livestock, highlighting the real impacts of human-wildlife conflict. The performance also showcases the vital role of Community-Based Anti-Poaching Units, which work with local people to respond to incidents, raise awareness, and promote conservation.

By connecting local experiences with national and global conservation goals, we're empowering communities to lead the way in protecting wildlife, reducing conflict, and creating positive change for both people and nature.

We are grateful to Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) for their continued support of this project.

24/07/2026

Good News Friday 😊💚

At Renewable World, we often talk about the life-changing impact of clean energy. But sometimes it's the simple moments that say it best.

Like dancing with your friends under a new solar-powered streetlight.

Wherever you are this weekend, we hope you find a reason to smile, shine, and maybe even have a little dance too.

🎥 VIDEO: Children celebrate a new solar-powered floodlight helping keep their community safe after dark in Taita Taveta County, Kenya.

23/07/2026

Powering rural healthcare in Taita Taveta 🌍🏥

We've kicked off the next phase of our Clean Energy for Improved Health programme in Kenya, bringing reliable solar power to rural health facilities across Taita Taveta County. ☀️

The first installation is now complete at Zungulukani Dispensary, which serves around 1,600 people. The new solar energy system provides dependable lighting, vaccine refrigeration, and power for essential services, helping improve care, especially for maternity patients and emergencies after dark.

We've also introduced a GSM network booster and printer to strengthen communication and day-to-day operations, while new solar floodlights improve security around the facility and help deter wildlife, including elephants.

Beyond the dispensary, additional solar lighting at the community centre is supporting local businesses and making the area safer after sunset. 🌅

This is just the beginning. With reliable power now in place, the dispensary can soon support laboratory services, reducing long journeys for patients and bringing more healthcare services under one roof.

Zungulukani is the first facility we've solarised in Taita Taveta County, with several more to follow as we work to improve health outcomes for rural communities across the region.

"The installation of the solar-powered floodlights has made our facility safer at night by keeping away wild animals, especially elephants who come in at night and destroy water tanks.” Facility Security Guard

With big thanks to Rotork and our other project funders for supporting this vital work.

Find out more about the project and our plans here: https://renewable-world.org/e4h3-kenya/

Would you like to help us power even more remote health facilities? There are lots of ways to support and get involved: https://lnkd.in/e5ingkcW

15/07/2026

Today, on World Youth Skills Day, we're celebrating the young people helping to shape a more sustainable clean future while developing valuable skills of their own.

Through our CONNECT project in Nepal, we support young researchers from Far Western University to strengthen their research capabilities and lead innovative, evidence-based studies that address local development and conservation challenges.

By championing local young researchers, we're helping build the knowledge, collaboration and skills needed to support biodiversity, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods in and around Suklaphanta National Park, creating lasting impact for communities today and in the future.

This initiative has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA).

United Nations

17/06/2026

Explore how clean energy is protecting Kenya’s vital “blue rangelands” this United Nations Desertification and Drought Day 🌍🐟

With thanks to EKOenergy ecolabel for their continued and vital support of this project.

👉 https://renewable-world.org/news/recognize-respect-restore-how-clean-energy-is-helping-protect-takawiris-blue-rangelands/

10/06/2026

Collaboration across clean energy, conservation, and community development 💡🌿🤝

Over the past few months, our team in Nepal have been working closely with key government stakeholders, including the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC), to strengthen collaboration across clean energy, conservation, and community development.

📍 Discussions centred on our new clean energy guidelines for protected areas and buffer zones, alongside the evolving 4P (Park–People–Palika–Partnership) approach. Together, these initiatives promote sustainable, wildlife-sensitive renewable energy solutions that benefit communities and nature.

The meetings underscored the importance of government ownership, policy alignment, long-term sustainability, and strong partnerships among conservation authorities, local governments, buffer zone institutions, and communities. Feedback from AEPC and DNPWC will help ensure the guidelines are practical, relevant, and grounded in Nepal’s conservation and development priorities.

🌐 As an organisation working at the intersection of renewable energy, livelihoods, and conservation, we are in a unique position – helping to bring together diverse stakeholders and foster collaboration that supports resilient communities and healthy ecosystems across Nepal’s protected landscapes.

ZSL Libird

08/06/2026

It's an exciting new chapter for our Clean Energy for Improved Health programme in Kenya as we expand into Taita Taveta County, bordering Tanzania in the south of the country. 💚

🌍 This expansion builds on several very successful E4H interventions in Kajiado County, delivered in partnership with local communities and the County Government of Kajiado. Together, we have helped provide close to 52,000 people with access to improved essential healthcare services powered by clean energy.

Following consultations with both county governments, we have identified Taita Taveta as the next priority area, where some of the most underserved rural communities continue to face significant healthcare challenges.

💡In partnership with the Taita Taveta County Government and Christine Saru Kilalo, Deputy Governor Taita Taveta County, we will now begin solarising rural health facilities across the county, bringing reliable lighting and vaccine refrigeration to the places that need them most.

We are eager to begin this next phase and look forward to extending the impact of clean, reliable energy to even more communities, helping improve health outcomes across Taita Taveta County.

🙏 Thank you

With big thanks to Rotork, SENSE Foundation Brussels, Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust, Bryan Guiness Charitable Trust, Souter Charitable Trust, Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Commission (GOADC), EKOenergy ecolabel, Forum Renewable Energy Charity and our inspiring individual givers who have chosen to support this work as part of the wider Clean Energy for Improved Health programme in Kenya.

Find out more about the project and our plans here: https://renewable-world.org/e4h3-kenya/

Would you like to help us reach even more remote health facilities? There are lots of ways to support and get involved: https://renewable-world.org/get-involved/

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