Verizon has a charity fund that provides solar panels in developing countries to provide electricity for hospitals, villages, and water access. The Solar Electric Light Fund installs solar panel systems to give power for patient care, lighting, and wireless internet services. They operate in over 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States, helping the 1.3 billion people living in energy poverty. The charity takes a sustainable approach to improving lives through a mix of solar energy solutions as part of their whole village development model.
1. Latasha Santana
Company Verizon: Solar panels Fund
I started working with Verizon in customer service call center and the company has such a huge
impact with hurricane relieve and is the number 1 company to keeping people connected.
What I love about this charity is it’s a solution that last a lifetime. Getting solar panels gives
opportunity for electric to hospitals, villages, and water. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of this
life changing experience.
Product-Solar Panels
Service- Is build the Solar panels to poverty countries to help grow food. Solar electric
Systems to provide light for patient care and power
Charity- Solar Electric Light Fund
Age: 1-60
Location: Benin,Bhutan,Brazil, Burundi China, Colombia, Haiti,India, Indonesia Kenya, Lesotho,
Navajo Nation, Nepal,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda United States,
Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Gender: Men and Women, children
Income level: ex. Uganda 27.7 percent into 10 million people are in poverty
Education level: Powering lights, computer and wireless internet services
Marital or family status: People can relate
Occupation: solar companies, solar foundations
Ethnic background. 1.3 50 1.6 billion people, live in energy poverty, mostly in sub-Sahara Africa
and parts of Asia, and to a smaller extent in Latin America and the Middle East.
Personality: people who want to help people in a long-term way. Using technique to make life
style
Attitude- believes that energy access is essential to achieving the Millennium Development
Goals.
Values: SELF supporters is that they are not being asked to fund a short-term, unsustainable
approach to the problem. SELF’S Whole Village Development Model takes an integrated
2. approach to community empowerment by using a mix of solar energy solutions to improve the
lives of the 1.5 billion people who don’t have access to electricity around the world.
Interests/hobbies: Someone who are interested in a Lon term change and investment.
Someone who wants to be a part of a company that are in advance
Lifestyles:
Behavior: ready to learn more about the product because its self-operated learning how to
maintain the solar panels in their village