Zanzibar's 'solar mamas' are trained as technicians to help light up communities
by Jack Denton

The Associated Press    Translate This Article
13 November 2025

On 13 November 2025 The Associated Press reported: Tatu Omary Hamad is one of dozens of 'solar mamas' trained in Zanzibar by Barefoot College International, a global nonprofit, through a program that brings light to rural communities and provides jobs for local women. So far in Zanzibar, it has lit 1,845 homes. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the fields of science and health, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

The program selects middle-aged women, most with little or no formal education, from villages without electricity and trains them over six months to become solar power technicians. It is one of a small number of programs in Africa including Solar Sister.

...Improving health is at the heart of the program's mission.

Alongside its flagship solar power course, Barefoot College International offers programs for women in tailoring, beekeeping and sustainable agriculture. Every woman who completes a program is trained in general health knowledge that they are expected to take back to their villages.

The 'solar mamas' are health catalysts in another way, by replacing harmful light sources like kerosene.

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