Powering San Ramón Arts & Community Center with Solar

Location: San Antonio De Upa, Nicaragua Cost: $3,000 Date Started: May 27, 2014 Date Completed: May 29, 2014 Major Donors: Strata Solar Partners: Suni Solar, SCSRN Summary A productive, reliable community center is crucial for a community to grow through education and encourages community members to interact through cultural gatherings. A lack of electricity can […]

Solar for Communities in Nicaragua

Location: Nicaragua Date: On-going Partners: Sister Communities of San Ramon You can help up to 250 people with a donation! Summary As the largest country in Central America, Nicaragua has a relatively small population of 5.79 million people for its size. Following Haiti, Nicaragua is the poorest country in Latin America with a GDP per capita […]

Kenya Solar Water Pumping Installation and Troubleshooting Workshop

USI board member Ed Witkin visited Kenya and Zambia in late February of this year to lead training for World Vision staff. They focused on installing solar panels on water pumps that were previously installed by World Vision in a few communities. Below are his accounts of his second day in Kenya. On day two […]