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If you educate a girl, you give light to the whole community. The PAGES project is an initiative that supports girls’ education in the Afar region of Ethiopia. 500 Little Sun solar lamps will be given to kids living without access to electricity, thanks to Save the Children and DFID. Over 16 million students in […]
Posted inEducation, Education, Off Grid, Off gridLittle Sun is brightening up the school day in Uganda! Working with Windle Trust Uganda and UNHCR we are donating 300 Little Sun lamps to school students living in the Rwamwanja refugee settlement. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) because the security threat in […]
Posted inEducation, Education, Humanitarian aid, Humanitarian Work, Off Grid, Off gridCOP22 officially launched in Marrakesh on November 7. At the opening ceremony, COP21 President Ségolène Royal and all COP22 delegates shared a solar-powered sunrise: Thousands of Little Sun solar lamps lit the room as a symbol for the right to sustainable energy access for all. COP reminds us that we are all a part of […]
Posted inAll, Art, Events, ProjectsThis post continues from Giving light, giving life: sun-powered healthcare part 1. We’re working with our partner D-Tree International to empower the heroes of off-grid healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa – the Community Health Workers. These CHWs have extremely demanding jobs in often very challenging conditions, including a lack of access to electricity. Due to the nature […]
Posted inBlog, Off Grid, Off grid, ProjectsMobile phones have become a powerful tool for disease prevention, control and health information, particularly in areas beyond the electrical grid. Health workers all across the world are using mobile technology to improve maternal and child health, HIV diagnosis and information exchange with health centres and hospitals. The rapid growth in mobile technology has made […]
Posted inBlog, Off grid, Off Grid, ProjectsWorking with D-tree International in off-grid areas of Tanzania, we are powering the future of healthcare, particularly mHealth, with the energy of the sun. By supporting community health workers with our solar-powered phone charger Little Sun Charge, better healthcare and more accurate diagnoses are becoming a reality for communities living beyond the electrical grid. One key part of this work that we […]
Posted inBlog, Off grid, Off Grid, ProjectsFrom October 10 to 12, 2016 at SXSW Eco, (the sister event to the legendary music festival), we presented our global mission: to bring solar energy to the 1.1 billion people on our planet living without access to electricity. SXSW Eco provided the perfect platform for celebrating such a mission. The event welcomed innovators from all […]
Posted inArt, Events, ProjectsWe are currently busying ourselves with producing our new vision film – everything you wanted to know about Little Sun in two minutes! It promises to be an exciting new visualisation of Little Sun’s brand identity, including our addition to the Little Sun family: the Charge. Shot in Berlin and South Africa, on and off-grid, the […]
Posted inStoriesWe made Sunlight Graffiti again! This time we were at the WiderKunst Festival, in the brand new gallery at Berlin’s darling Holzmarkt25. WiderKunst was created to show the world how art can make real and lasting social change. The festival is inspired by Millerntor Gallery and presented by Holzmarkt & Viva con Agua. Huge thanks to all […]
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