This solar programme will contain a micro element (where communities set up companies to build and sell small-scale solar products such as solar lanterns and solar radios) and a macro solar element (where they set up companies to retail, install and maintain solar home systems and larger systems for schools, medical centres and community centres). The intended programme will start in Jujuy, Argentina, before being scaled up across south-west Bolivia, northern Chile and southern Peru. It will involve a group of actors: local communities (in all countries), a local NGO Warmi, governments, Fundación Avina, and SolarAid. This programme aims to strengthen indigenous culture, identity and citizenship by giving it the tools to adapt to the modern world and reduce poverty through renewable energy and a market-based approach. It will involve setting up community companies, run by the aboriginal communities and for the communities. SolarAid will provide training in micro and macro solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and solar cooking and will work with existing local community organizations to train managers and accountants for the solar businesses. SolarAid will help set up distribution centres/warehouses where the micro and macro solar materials will be stored in bulk for purchase and use by the solar community businesses. SolarAid is a new non-profit organisation set up to fight the two most important threats facing the world today: global poverty and climate change. We train people in developing countries to build small solar devices, such as solar lanterns, solar radios, or solar mobile phones. We help them set up small solar businesses so that they can sell the solar products they have made. For example, a solar lantern can be made from local materials and solar glass for $5 and can sell for around $15. It replaces the unhealthy kerosene lamps that many people use in developing countries.