Help lift a child out of extreme energy poverty.

Positive change is in your hands

We are a Global Community

Illuminating Futures

Who is SolarBuddy?

SolarBuddy is an Australian charity uniting a global community with a big dream to gift six million solar lights to children living in energy poverty by 2030, to help them to study after dusk and improve their education outcomes.

789 million people worldwide live-in extreme energy poverty

“Energy poverty condemns billions to ill health, unfulfilled futures and repeated cycles of poverty.”

— Ban Ki Moon, former United Nations Secretary-General

What do we do?

Through our empowering education programs we inspire our global community to understand how innovative design solutions can help to create a more sustainable world for all people and our life-supporting planet.

Learn

about energy poverty, solar technology and global citizenship

Make

a solar light and write a personal letter to your buddy

Illuminate

the lives of children living in energy poverty

Our Impact

Since launching in 2016, we’ve seen huge growth

Educated over

130,000

Students

Across 500+ schools in 13 countries

Empowered over

35,000

Employees

Across 200+ organisations in 19 countries

Gifted over

130,000

solar lights

Illuminating 650,000+ lives in 18 countries

Calculate Your Impact

Educating Locally, Impacting Globally

Where lights have been assembled

Where lights have been gifted

Take a look at our global footprint

Buddy News

Junior Achievement of Northern California announces partnership with SolarBuddy

MEDIA RELEASE: Junior Achievement of Northern California (JA) this month announced a partnership with SolarBuddy to promote K-12 educational programs

Kindness Challenge - The Power of a Smile

Guy Fisher, Director of Partnerships at SolarBuddy shares his story and partnership initiative with the Starlight Foundation

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We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this Country and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.