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Brightening the days (and nights) of Community Health Workers in Tanzania
Community Health Workers from the Longido region are looking into their new Little Sun lamps. Photo credits: Amref Health Africa.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Empowering
John Heller, CEO at Little Sun I have always been slightly uncomfortable with the term empowerment. Development organizations always seem to be empowering somebody about something. “We empower women to take control of their lives.” “We empower children to become active learners.” The sentiment is no doubt noble and good, but I sometimes struggle to figure out how […]
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Reach for the Sun: The art of changing the world with solar
What do you imagine when you hear the phrase solar power? Photovoltaic panels. Power grids. Gigawatts. Distributed systems. Sometimes, industry technicality and jargon can be so overwhelming that it makes solar energy feel impersonal, abstract, and inaccessible. And this often hinders us from seeing the essence of solar for what it truly is — a […]
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Meet the artist: Diana Ejaita
Art and culture hold great potential to move us. A painting can bring us joy, a song can lift us up, a film can connect us to new characters and stories. An encounter with a work of art is a deeply human experience, both personal and universal. At Little Sun, we believe in the power […]
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Little Sun Launches New Creative Digital Campaign for Solar Power
Reach for the Sun: Ten Steps to Creating a Solar-Powered World, is a new creative communications campaign from Little Sun. Illustrated by Nigerian-Italian artist Diana Ejaita and supported by the IKEA Foundation, Reach for the Sun is designed to inspire, inform and activate those concerned by climate change to create a thriving world for all […]
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Powering Women in Rwanda
To mark this year’s International Women’s Day, we are celebrating the stories of women in Rwanda. Rwanda currently has the world’s highest percentage of female leaders in parliament. Still, young Rwandan women face many challenges when it comes to energy access and education opportunity, and these barriers have increased with the COVID-19 pandemic. A 16-year-old […]
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Introducing Littlesun.org
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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Empowering Digital Health Innovators with Solar
BRAC and John Snow R&T Institute Inc. win partnerships with Little Sun for Digital Health projects in Uganda and Ethiopia BRAC Uganda and John Snow R&T Institute Inc. win the request for proposals by Little Sun, and will receive a total of 648 Little Sun Charges, state-of-the-art solar-powered phone chargers, to strengthen health systems in […]
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Holding hands with the sun: Little Sun x Klean Kanteen join forces on new reusable bottle
In 2018, we partnered with Klean Kanteen, a market leader in BPA-free drinking bottles and food containers, to bring you a Little Sun bottle made from durable stainless steel. This summer, Klean Kanteen and Little Sun are collaborating again on a new, limited edition canteen featuring the popular “Holding hands with the sun” design created […]
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