Little Sun recently received these heartwarming words from Theo Schäfer, director of the Ukrainian children’s camp in Ste-Croix, Switzerland, who gave Little Sun lamps to the children of the camp as a surprise gift of light and hope. Now let me report on the Little Suns. The children got them as a surprise on the […]
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Little Sun’s Little Learners
Creating, exploring and even running laps, all in the name of solar! Little Sun’s Projects Manager Jai Mackenzie fills us in on the latest from her Education Programme, this time partnering with Berlin Bilingual School – getting young students to ask the big questions like ‘what is solar energy?’, ‘why do we need light?’ and ‘what’s inside a […]
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Femina Hip: creating bright futures for young Tanzanians
This September and October, during the 2015 elections in Tanzania, youth organisation and friend of Little Sun, Femina Hip, has been busy staging Femina Peace Festivals in Folk Development Colleges throughout six regions of the country (Iringa, Shinyanga, Kigoma, Mtwara, Mbeya and Arusha). Thanks to Little Sun partner, Strategic Energy, Little Sun lamps lit up […]
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Little Sun, big love
Melody Sarudzayi Joachim, one of Little Sun’s oldest friends and Chairperson of Alight Zimbabwe (Little Sun’s partner and distributor in Zimbabwe, comprised of a group of Zimbabweans who were supported as children by PLAN International), sat down for a chat with us to tell us about her work selling Little Sun lamps to those without access […]
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Light and hope in South Sudan
The world’s newest nation, South Sudan, is a place eager for new knowledge and new hope. Olivier Laboulle brought much-needed Little Sun lamps to South Sudan’s capital Juba, and he has shared his inspiring experiences with us here. Hello Friends of Little Sun! My name is Olivier Laboulle and, after working for two years with a […]
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In Conversation with ‘Smiling Through Light’ Founder Mariama Kamara
As part of our ‘Little Sun: In Conversation’ series, we are happy to sit down with ‘Smiling Through Light’ Founder Mariama Kamara. Raised in Sierra Leone until the age of nine, then moving to London after civil war broke out in her native country, Mariama has a unique perspective on what it means to have […]
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Solar mobile phone charger testing in Senegal
Last month members of the Little Sun Team from our offices in Berlin and Senegal visited the eco-village of Yeuma to test our first community solar mobile phone charger, large enough to serve the needs of an entire village. Located about a three-hour drive from Dakar, Senegal, Yeuma is a village without electricity, but many […]
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