Become a Legacy Programme Partner
The challenge is out for local beneficiaries to become Sasol Solar Challenge Legacy partners.
Along with the annual Sasol Solar Challenge is a Legacy Projects Programme that seeks to match various Solar Challenge partners with identified community projects along the route of the Solar Challenge.
The objective of the Legacy Programme is to leave a lasting impact on the communities touched with the Solar Challenge.
As we engage with the communities and leaders in the community, we explore and then document possible projects. These projects are then presented to our identified partners or stake holders for them to examine and possibly select to execute as their own activations.
The Solar Challenge Legacy Projects Programme, commits to raise awareness of the projects entered in the program, but does not explicitly guarantee to execute on the projects.
Who are partners
The partners of the Legacy Projects include all the Solar Challenges sponsors, teams and other selected participants. Examples of partners are Embassy’s, Universities both local and international, various industry partners, Government Departments, NGO’s, private philanthropic institutions and international project funding groups all with a vested interest in helping to promote the Solar Challenge’s 2 500km of building legacy.
Get registered
The beneficiaries can come from any of the more than 100 communities the challenge passed through. The projects will be identified through the communities themselves and includes city officials, community representatives, NGO’s and social or religious groups.
How projects get registered in the Legacy Programme
• Request an application from legacy@ solarchallenge.org.za, complete the application and return it to the same address.
• Any of the 20 Solar Challenge Ambassadors will engage with their communities and identify projects.
• Solar Challenge sponsors and partners identify projects they would like to submit to the Legacy Programme.
How to apply
1. Send an email to legacy@solarchallenge. org.za, declaring your interest and the types of projects you are interested.
2. Legacy Projects team will contact you and interview you on the phone.
3. If approved, you will be registered as a partner.
4. You will be given access to the portal, where you can see and manage any projects.
5. On completion of the project, or reaching a substantial milestone, the Solar Challenge will list this as a successful project and promote this as part of the Legacy Programme.
6. The overall impact of each project will be measured and recorded.
No constraints
There are no constraints to the types or value of projects that can be offered as part of the Legacy Programme, however it should be considered that projects should exhibit some of the following properties:
• demonstrate sustainability beyond this intervention
• aligned to sustainable business and environmental practices
• community or other NGO’s already have a vested stake
• involve some research or design to reach a solution
• uplift a community, create jobs or empower individuals
• creating water, food or energy security
• improve or enhance education, health or job readiness
Sustainable community development impact is celebrated via the measurable successful implementation of dialogues projects and technology solutions over time through continued collaborative engagements between CTCM’s and dialogues partners.
The main towns around which the Legacy Projects need to be based are: Tshwane/ Pretoria, Sasolburg, Kroonstad, Winburg, Bloemfontein, Edenburg, Gariep Dam, Middleburg, Graaff-Reinet, Jansenville, Port Elizabeth, Kareedauw, Sedgefield, Mossel Bay, Swellendam, Bredasdorp, Stellenbosch, Cape Town.