(This piece originally appeared in German as ‘Little Sun – Studying without kerosene’ in Christoph Schlingensief’s Operndorf Afrika.) Thanks to Adelheid and Thomas Astfalk from Stuttgart and Operndorf Afrika, we have this story to share with you from rural Burkina Faso. Days in Burkina Faso are bright and sunny nearly all year long. But when […]
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Little Suns for Hope: Chernobyl Children’s Camp, Switzerland
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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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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Wellington LUX Festival
Wellington LUX, New Zealand, is a free public light festival that turns Wellington’s waterfront and laneways into a captivating celebration of light, art, technology and design. This year the festival took place on 21-30 of August—showcasing a fantastic array of light sculptures, which were accompanied by artist talks from national and international artists, designers, and […]
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Little Sun in the heart of the Congo Basin
OrigiNations e.V., an organization based in Berlin, Germany works closely with indigenous peoples and communities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to preserve their cultural hertiage and protect the surrounding natural environment. Tatjana Puschkarsky from OrigiNations provides a snapshot from a 10-day workshop in Dzanga-Sangha, Central African Republic in May 2015. The Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas in […]
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Little Sun reaches the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
At 5,895 meters, Uhuru Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, is the highest natural elevation point in all of Africa. And Little Sun has now made it all the way there! Michael Schlawitz, an IT specialist by trade, now spends his time in Tanzania dedicated to spreading solar light, among his other projects. He shares with us his […]
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Little Sun reaches Tongoa Island, Vanuatu
Located in the South Pacific, Tongoa Island, one of Vanuatu’s smallest islands was also the hardest hit by Tropical Cyclone Pam in March, 2015. Thanks to the hard work of Francesca von Habsburg and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) team, Little Sun lamps were distributed to schools damaged or destroyed by the cyclone. We’re […]
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Little Sun finds its way to Malawi
24-year-old Tilla D Katenga is passionate about making a positive difference in our world. Recently, he took it upon himself to bring Little Sun lamps to his home village in Malawi and he shared his story with us. I’m a 24-year-old Namibian born student and banker with Malawian and South African roots. I read the November […]
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On the Road in Tanzania
The Rough Road to Matipwili Part 1 Mason Huffine is Little Sun’s laugh-a-minute business and sales manager for Africa and he’s just returned to Berlin from another solar light-bringing adventure in Tanzania, a country close to his heart after living there for four years. He wanted to share with us his stories and pictures from […]
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