Solar Queen Technical Training Scholarship for Women

Building women technical capacities in the renewable energy industry

Significant gaps exist in the participation of women and men in the renewable energy industry and in the access of women and men to technological knowledge base. There is a general and societal belief about girls/women not being technically inclined thereby narrowing female careers to specific job roles which results to lower income, low self esteem, depression, stress, lack of economic growth and much more.

The overall objectives of the solar queen technical training scholarship is to provide opportunities for women to develop skills and capacities that will allow tham reach their maximum potentials in the renewable energy industry. Specific objectives are;

Prepare women for technical roles in the renewable energy industry such as solar installers and field engineers.

Bridge the gender gap in the renewable energy industry by building workforce of competent women..

Mentor women to be employment ready and to drive solutions in the industry as solar installers or entrepreneurs.

Enable companies and organizations to access pool of trained and certified women installers that they can utilize to balance their workforce gender divide.

Eligibility Criteria
Must be a woman
Have passion for renewable energy
Motivated to contribute to universal energy access
Able to finance the remaining 50% of the course fee (N25,000)
Be able to sponsor her living expense during the 5-day training duration

This program is developed and sponsored by Ashdam Solar Co. Ltd. (www.ashdamsolar.com) in collaboration with Girls and Women Technological Empowerment Organisation – GWTEO (www.gwteo.org). The course is implemented using Ashdam Solar Academy Solar PV Design and Installation course curriculum.

As Covid-19 preventive measures,
Use of face mask, social distancing, frequent washing of hands and use of sanitizers will be mandated during the training. Participants without face mask ON will not be admitted into the premises of the training facility.

Application Deadline: 31st January, 2021	Application now open for the February – March 2021 Cohort
Training Dates Virtual Training: 8th to 26th February, 2021 Physical Training: 1st to 5th March, 2021	Costs · 50% Course fees are covered by the scholarship (25,000) · Travel cost to training location and accommodation not included · Average hotel accommodation cost is N6,000 per night. While preferences may reduce or increase the hotel cost.
Physical Training venue Ashdam Solar Academy, S7/588, Behind Real Food and Wine, Lagos Road, Challenge, Ibadan, Oyo State	Virtual Training Will be hosted via Ashdam Solar Academy, Google Classroom and Zoom

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Green Tech Girls Summer Bootcamp 2019

Green Tech Girls

Green Tech Girls is hosting a 5 – Day summer boot camp (5 – 9 August, 2019) for secondary school girls nominated from public schools in rural and peri – urban communities across Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria.

The aim is to build 200 girls to be green energy advocates, climate ambassadors, bold and confident to be change makers in their communities and beyond. The summer camp is free for the participating girls.

Green Tech Girls is founded by Damilola Asaleye, a female renewable energy expert with over 12 years professional experience in the technical industry and co founder of Ashdam Solar. Green Tech Girls is an offspring of Ashdam Solar Initiative with a mission to bridge the gender knowledge and skills gap in the technology industry through providing the capacity building for girls/ women to excel in the technical industry especially in the area of green and renewable energy resources.

The 2019 Green Tech Girls summer bootcamp is focused on girls from low income families and rural communities, girls who do not have access or funds to build their capacities

Venue: St Anne’s Girls School, Molete Ibadan

Date: 5 – 9 August, 2019

Fee: FREE

To register: Contact 09065724265 or 08034284936

Email: greentechgirlsng@gmail.com

Green Tech Girls Summer bootcamp objectives
The objectives of the Green Tech Girls summer bootcamp are as follows:

To sow the seed of technical career paths in young/teenage girls.
To mentor the participating girls to see that girls and women can be
technically oriented and still be functional in the primary and nuclear
families.
To create the much needed agents that will close the gender gap in the next 5
– 10 years.
To build bold and confident girls that will have the love of the environment
and be advocates of clean energy in their respective communities.
To reduce energy poverty especially in rural communities.
To create awareness on causes, impacts and mitigation of climate change.
To instill entrepreneurial skills in young/teenage girls through the use of
available materials around them tagged or discarded as wastes.

Camp Activities