In a typical village in Ethiopia, life gets really busy before dusk. With no access to electricity, rural communities rush to get the most out of the last rays of sunshine preparing dinner, fetching water, and getting the chickens into handmade baskets hanging in the air so they don’t get eaten during the night. Nahome, […]
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Girl Power
340 million children in Sub Saharan Africa live without access to electricity. This means they are unable to study after dark, are less likely to stay in school, graduate, and get jobs that can help pull their families out of poverty. And that’s especially true for girls, such as Marjani*. Marjani is a 13-year old […]
Posted inPower to Read, StoriesMeet the Little Sun board: Victoria Rogers
Victoria Rogers is a creative business strategist living in New York. From advising nonprofits to serving on the boards of the Brooklyn Museum and Creative Time, she juggles many commitments in her life and is using the universal language of art to open up the dialogue around diversity and inclusion. As Director of Arts at […]
Posted inStoriesLittle Sun and #TOGETHERBAND Launch Sunglasses for Solar Power
Little Sun has teamed up with #TOGETHERBAND to bring solar powered light to children in Sub-Saharan Africa, where over 600 million people and 65% of schools still live without electricity. For every pair of yellow sunglasses bought, #TOGETHERBAND will donate a Little Sun solar lamp to young people in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them learn […]
Posted inStoriesFast Forward: Behind the scenes with Naod Lemma
At Little Sun, we believe in the power of the arts to raise climate change awareness and help us imagine a more sustainable future in which everyone thrives. This is why we’re delighted to present you Fast Forward, a series of short films created by artists from Ethiopia, Senegal, and the United States and featuring […]
Posted inStoriesFast Forward: Behind the scenes with Ghost of a Dream
At Little Sun, we believe in the power of the arts to raise climate change awareness and help us imagine a more sustainable future in which everyone thrives. This is why we’re delighted to present you Fast Forward, a series of short films created by artists from Ethiopia, Senegal, and the United States and featuring […]
Posted inStoriesFast Forward: Behind the scenes with Jessica Segall
At Little Sun, we believe in the power of the arts to raise climate change awareness and help us imagine a more sustainable future in which everyone thrives. This is why we’re delighted to present you Fast Forward, a series of short films created by artists from Ethiopia, Senegal, and the United States and featuring […]
Posted inStoriesFast Forward: Behind the scenes with Ezra Wube
At Little Sun, we believe in the power of the arts to raise climate change awareness and help us imagine a more sustainable future in which everyone thrives. This is why we’re delighted to present you Fast Forward, a series of short films created by artists from Ethiopia, Senegal, and the United States and featuring […]
Posted inStoriesFast Forward: A series of films that shift the climate conversation
Have you ever imagined what it would look like to have tackled climate change, and created a balanced world in which everyone thrives? At Little Sun, we believe that’s where artists come in, to help us imagine a better future and give us the inspiration and hope we need to create it. As part of […]
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