Our CEO John Heller introduces Little Sun’s new direction: To our donors, who have generously supported Little Sun over the past decade. To our partners in Africa, who reach remote communities with clean energy. To our global partners, who share our message of hope with the world. To everyone who has bought a Little Sun […]
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We are officially climate striking!
Little Sun will march with the students of Fridays for Future on September 20th, demanding climate justice and solar love for all. Will you join? A year ago, Greta Thunberg launched a movement with thousands of students striking on the streets every Friday, demanding climate action from politicians and society alike. It is time to […]
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How sunshine harvests jobs in Burkina Faso
Great news: Our distributor in Burkina Faso BETA Sarl was selected to be part of a results-based financing project to successfully continue recruiting local sales agents and spread clean and affordable light! Boureima Tanga Kabre and Issaka Dahani of BETA Sarl, have been Little Sun’s partners in Burkina Faso since 2014. So far, they have […]
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Give light to communities in urgent need of clean energy
Are you based in the Europe? Click here. Access to energy unlocks opportunities for better education, safety, health and a bright future for all. Every donation to Little Sun helps us deliver solar light to students, health workers, refugees and remote communities. Find out more about our mission. To learn about other ways to partner […]
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20 million additional study hours for students in Rwanda
Milestone reached: All school children in off-grid areas of Kamonyi district are now equipped with solar. „Many schools in the Kamonyi District, Rwanda, have no access to electricity. We started by giving 5 schools of Kamonyi solar powered study tools. In the next years we are going to equip the whole district, until no […]
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What can we learn from Rwanda’s sustainable growth?
Rwanda is a country known for its beautiful, curving green horizons, vividly manifesting the land’s title: The Country of a Thousand Hills. But did you know, that Rwanda is also a global leader in effectively integrating climate resilience and gender equality strategies? Rwanda is putting significant efforts in place to focus its development goals on […]
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Youth is demanding climate justice
Little Sun joins Fridays For Future demonstration in Berlin. Youth worldwide is leaving schools on Fridays to push governments to act against climate change. #FridaysForFuture is a weekly demonstration happening in over 270 locations all over the world, inspired by 15-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. She’s been protesting for months against climate change and her […]
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Little Sun 2018 | A Year in Pictures
Dear Friends of Little Sun, The power is in our hands to stop the worst effects of climate change, even if the challenge often seems so abstract that it is hard to imagine what we can do on our own. We ask ourselves, How does climate change affect me as an individual? How do I, […]
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How Does Solar Power Save Lives? Bringing together digital health care and solar energy in Zanzibar
“I once found myself in the situation that I had to pick up an expectant mother at night. I took my Little Sun Charge with me, because I never leave it behind. Along the way it so happened that the woman could not wait any longer and we had to prepare for her birth in […]
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