Solar Sister

Acress Paulo Petro's home is full of people and purpose. A mother of ten and grandmother of six, she lives with her husband and 12 family members in a busy, vibrant household in Tanzania. Since joining Solar Sister in 2017, Acress has embraced entrepreneurship to bring light, income, and opportunity to her community. Fishing is big business in the Lake Zone region near Lake Victoria, Tanzania, where Acress lives. Fishermen go out at night, relying on light to attract fish. They use kerosene lanterns or battery-powered lights. These are expensive, smoky, and unreliable. Using solar-powered lamps to attract fish will improve the fishermen's business. The fishermen go out at night to fish on the lake and rely on the moonlight to find their way.
Acress is one of ten Solar Sister entrepreneurs participating in a solar fishing project, Powered By, launched by Solar Sister, leasing solar lights to fishermen.
Acress feels confident she will have good customers to lease the solar fishing lights. Though not a fisher herself, Acress understands the trade well and knows many of the fishermen.
https://solarsister.org/acresspetro-fishing-solar/

Solar Sister provides the business training, mentorship, financial literacy, and strategic planning they need to build thriving clean energy businesses.
Business success doesn't happen overnight. Solar Sister invests in one-on-one mentorship to provide the encouragement, practical guidance, and accountability that help entrepreneurs grow with confidence.
💯Someone who believes in your potential.

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Friday Light & Hope 💛

Ten-year-old Yasmin Sabaya teaches her younger siblings to read and count by the light of a solar lamp. Thanks to their mother, Solar Sister entrepreneur Loveness Sabaya, learning doesn't end when the sun goes down.
📍Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania

Juliana Dauda is a Solar Sister Entrepreneur living in southwestern Nigeria. She joined Solar Sister after being introduced by fellow entrepreneur Keziah Mannaseh. When she made her first clean cookstove sale, she realized she had found a way to earn income while helping families in her community.
When her husband was transferred to a. town about two hours away, Juliana packed up her Solar Sister business and took it with her. She began building a new customer base, introducing families to cleaner ways to cook and light their homes.
Juliana has created a sustainable business - contributing to her family and putting money aside.
Like Juliana, Women Are Changing the Way Clean Energy Reaches Communities!