* Visit my profile on facebook to see photographic evidence of the completion of the 1st dare: http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=4381979&id=693456199 *
Total amount raised: $570
Left to next dare: $30
BIG THANKS to recent donors Mel Ostrowski, Kim Leavitt and Steve Murphy!
Hello and thanks for visiting my website! This site was created as a way to support Elephant Energy in its efforts to help rural communities improve their livelihoods and protect the natural environment by daring to donate!
THE NEED
While the Caprivi Region of Namibia has stunning landscapes and wildlife, its rural communities stuggle with poverty and lack of access to electricity. People use energy sources which do not meet their needs, are unaffordable, bad for their health, and damaging to the local environment.
ELEPHANT ENERGY'S RESPONSE
Day-to-day activities can be made easier, safer, and more environmentally sustainable with the help of affordable, small-scale renewable energy technologies. Elephant Energy disseminates low-cost technologies including solar-powered flashlights, which increase the amount of time available in a day for studying, empower women to safely travel alone at night, and allow farmers to protect their crops against nighttime wildlife destruction. Fuel-efficient cookstoves reduce emissions and decrease the amount of wood needed to cook a meal, crank radios provide access to information, and solar cell phone chargers allow rural Namibians to communicate with family members.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Help Elephant Energy to meet communities' energy needs by daring to donate! Here's how it goes:
Pick a dare- something crazy and outrageous, silly, brave or embarrassing for me to do. Make a donation in any amount and submit the dare. Every time the donations I receive hit the $100 mark, I'll attempt a dare. Go to the How it Works tab to learn more!