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March for Science will happen on Earth Day this year, April 22nd, and Little Sun will be there to support them! If you’re in Berlin, join us on the March for Science, starting at 1pm this Saturday at Humboldt University. Check out the Facebook event for more information. Or wherever you are in the world, find the […]
Posted inEvents, EventsThere’s a proverb in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, which describes how one little thing can be many big things to many people at the same time. “Be’ānidi dinigayi huleti wefi.” The closest translation in English is “killing two birds with one stone.” This is how the people of Afar, Ethiopia, explained how they […]
Posted inBlog, Education, Education, Off grid, Off Grid, ProjectsIt’s one thing to talk about education as a cornerstone for changing the lives of people living off the electrical grid, but in order to put our words into action, we need to know what the reality is, day to day, of living without energy access. How does an art teacher in the city get by without a […]
Posted inBlog, Education, Off GridCan you see the beauty of light after the sun goes down? Can you feel the warmth of another’s care from across the world? The Karibujua project connects people in Italy with communities in the Lower Tana Delta region of Kenya who are living without electricity. The Italian association Karibujua runs multiple volunteer led education […]
Posted inBlog, Off grid, Off Grid, ProjectsAt Little Sun, we’re always saying that we aim to have a positive impact on people’s lives who are living without energy access, by bringing them solar light and energy. But what does that really mean on a day-to-day level? What positive impacts are we actually talking about, in real terms? Right now, one of […]
Posted inBlog, Education, Education, Off Grid, ProjectsLast week at Design Indaba, South Africa, Olafur revealed the design of our newest, sparkling Little Sun solar lamp, Little Sun Diamond, to the world for the first time. We are very excited to announce that our latest solar gem will be available for you all in a few month’s time (Autumn, 2017). With its […]
Posted inArt, Art, Events, ProjectsLittle Sun and Solar Kiosk bring solar energy to Ethiopia’s rural health clinics. The vast majority of health facilities across Sub-Saharan Africa have no access to electricity. Imagine having a medical emergency at night or delivering a baby without light! One tragic effect of poor facilities is poor treatment, and for this reason, Ethiopia has […]
Posted inOff grid, Off Grid, StoriesWell, thanks to Plan International Rwanda, 610 schoolgirls in Nyaruguru, Rwanda, now happily know the answer. Plan International Rwanda, in partnership with the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA Rwanda), saw the need for the rights of girls in rural Rwanda to be promoted. They saw a need for working towards a society where girls can […]
Posted inBlog, Off grid, Off Grid, ProjectsThe path to the Ethagas nomadic school leads you through wide pastures, which wildly thrive at the foot of the barren Aïr mountains in the Sahara region. For as long as anyone can remember, wondering caravans have come to this isolated spot to find water and life after hundreds of trudged kilometres through the desert […]
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