Project Spotlight

Project: Solar Lights & Improved Stoves

Location: Zanzibar
Partner: White Star Society

Total Project
investment to date:
$13,700 for 86 Solar Lights and 460 Improved Stoves

Credits
(expected over 10 years):
Climate: 1080
Health: 460
Poverty: 1330

Progress Report
Most people in rural Africa do not have access to electricity and cook on inefficient and smoky wood fires. The solar lights and improved stoves project solves two problems at once. It does this by providing both solar home lighting systems (SHS = solar home system) and improved cook stoves (ICS) to participating households. First VPI and its partners teach... read more

Project Spotlight

Project: Mangrove Reforestation

Location: Senegal
Partner: Oceanium

Total Project
investment to date:
$30,000 for 200 Hectares

Credits
(expected over 10 years):
Climate: 10,000
Health: 0
Poverty: 5,000

Progress Report
Mangrove reforestation can help convert barren salt flats into some of the most productive natural ecosystems on the planet. Mangroves are salt-water trees that can desalinate water, fix nitrogen nutrients, and convert sunshine and CO2 into wood, biomass and food. VPI has determined

that mangrove reforestation is likely... read more