New work for Hivos and their ENERGIA program, for which they are engaging women in starting renewable energy businesses. Providing access to energy in remote areas in western Kenya, they claim, should decrease poverty and improve economic and human development. In the slideshow above, you can see some pictures I took of Joyce, Beatrice, Ruth, Adelaide, Everlyne, Mauline and Anjeline in their shops, where they sell charcoal briquettes, cookstoves and solar lights.
