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Hundreds of people in Rwanda’s refugee camps and surrounding host communities are building more resilient livelihoods through solar-powered businesses.

In the dry landscapes of Gwanda District in southwest Zimbabwe, solar-powered water systems have transformed community gardens.

At Kambira Primary School in Malawi, Sofret Kaledza starts her day early. As deputy headteacher, she keeps things running.

Guidance to cut low-quality off-grid electrical appliances littering the homes and towns of some of the most vulnerable people in the world has been produced by Practical Action. Energy experts in Rwanda have spent months researching and found 50 per cent of small and medium sized businesses in off-grid areas had experienced poorly performing equipment.

Equipment which could unlock the potential of millions of displaced people around the world over the next decade and beyond will be trialled in Rwanda and Uganda. Energy experts from Practical Action have teamed up with academics from universities in Africa and Europe to test potentially life-changing equipment.

In partnership with Practical Action, Energy Saving Trust, co-Secretariat of Efficiency for Access, is delivering the Humanitarian Productive Use of Renewable Energy (H-PURE) demonstrator across three refugee camps and host communities in Rwanda.

At Practical Action we believe energy has to reach the places markets miss. It must power the essential things people rely on to live well. If we fail to do this, whose future are we powering?

Communities across Kenya will benefit from clean, reliable energy after Practical Action support county-level energy planning, policies and investment.

Thousands of Kenyans are set to benefit from a new clean cooking initiative that will help families move to cleaner cookstoves and fuels, improving health, creating jobs, and protecting the environment.