Frequently Asked Questions

How many people can participate in the program?

Whether you have a team of 5 or a conference of 5000, we can tailor our social-impact programs to suit your event, gathering or team activity. Chat with our team to discuss your event requirements.

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Contact our team to receive a quote. This price will be based on how many people are participating, which program you wish to select, and if you have any specific requirements.

  • Delivery of unassembled solar solutions, ready for your event
  • Digital instructions to guide your team
  • Collection of assembled solar solutions and written letters
  • Quality control of your team’s assembled solutions
  • International shipment of your assembled solutions to a country experiencing energy poverty
  • Distribution of solar solutions and letters into the hands of children living in extreme energy poverty.

Yes, our global network of highly skilled team building facilitators can present and engage with your group as part of this educational and impactful hands-on experience.

Yes, our programs have been designed to provide inspiring, hand-ons, and impactful volunteering experiences. They give participants a genuine sense of purpose and the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others.

We have a network of professional team building partners who deliver SolarBuddy LIVE’s purpose-driven events across the world. Click here to view current locations.

Yes, we have SolarBuddy Virtual– an interactive online light assembly experience. Have remote team members? No problem, you can combine both in-person and virtual options to engage all of your team members. Talk to us about your requirements so we can tailor an event to suit your needs. Learn more about SolarBuddy Virtual.

It depends on the size of the participants, but the Hour of Power, as is in the name, usually goes for 1 hour, and PowerUP program goes for 1.5 hours.

Our programs support the work of our sister charity SolarBuddy. SolarBuddy is an impact organisation committed to ending energy poverty by gifting innovative, sustainable solar solutions to children living in energy poverty.

What impact do they make?

By participating in a SolarBuddy LIVE programs, you are changing the lives of children living in energy poverty. By assembling solar solutions, you are helping empower children to study safely without the use of toxic forms of lighting at night.

These devices also provide positive impacts on the environment, health, and family economics. View SolarBuddy’s Impact Calculator here to understand what powerful impact you can make.

Our innovative solar solutions are sustainable, with our JuniorBuddy designed to last over 10 years, and StudentBuddy over 15+ years.

So far, we’ve sent our solar solutions to more than 50 countries across Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe—bringing light and opportunity to communities living in energy poverty. It’s all thanks to our passionate team who make it happen efficiently, cost-effectively, and with the lowest carbon footprint possible.

Want to see where we’ve made an impact? Explore our Impact Map.

SolarBuddy partners with incredible distribution partners around the world. These partners keep us in touch with the current situations in each community.

We constantly assess locations and are being apprised of geo-political situations, changes in importing and taxation, and community needs.

We also consider factors such as seasonality eg: it is not safe for our partners to distribute in some areas during their wet season.

Absolutely, we are always seeking likeminded orgnaisations that value the power of creating social impact – contact our partnerships team today. Your support can help illuminate the future of children around the world.

SolarBuddy has proudly championed the UN SDGs from our inception. We are Teach SDG Ambassadors and participants to the United Nations Global Compact.

Information about our work to advance the UN SDGs can be found here.

Yes, SolarBuddy is carbon neutral certified. In addition to the CO2e that our lights offset, SolarBuddy offsets operational CO2e by purchasing verified carbon credits.

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