Bangalore-based Social Enterprise Pollinate Energy Gets Backing from Australian University
27 Nov 2018 2:52 AM GMT
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and its pathway college, UTS Insearch, are supporting Bangalore-headquartered social enterprise, Pollinate Energy in its goal to directly impact 1 million lives in urban slums and underserved villages by 2020. Back in December 2015, IndianWeb2.com did a featured a story on
- Back in December 2015, IndianWeb2.com did a featured a story on Pollinate Energy and since then a lot have had happened at the Australian-Indian startup, and now Pollinate Energy ha been merged with Empower Generation, co-founded by a group of young Australians, brings life-changing essential products to thousands of families living in poverty in India’s city slums and Nepal’s remote villages.
- It has until now successfully recruited, trained and empowered more than 500 women as entrepreneurs and door to door salespeople (Pollinators) in India and Nepal, providing them business skills and self-confidence to build teams to deliver high-quality products to benefit nearly 500,000 people.
- In India, Pollinate Energy have ‘Hive Managers’, who lead local sales teams of Pollinators to sell basic amenities such as quality solar lanterns, improved cookstoves, solar fans, water filters, at affordable prices within their communities.
- As a part of its growth strategy, Pollinate Energy is set to launch its own training programs and materials to help Hive Managers excel in their new management roles, taking charge of 5-15 Pollinator team members.
- In addition to the Hive Program, student interns regularly visit from Sydney as part of the Beyond UTS International Leadership Development (UTS BUILD) program to assist Pollinate with capacity development.
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