Solar for Verapaz Primary School
Location: Verapaz, Nicaragua Cost: $2,100 Date Started: August 9, 2015 Date Completed: August 11, 2015 Major Donors: Strata Solar Partners: Sonati, Suni Solar Summary If you’re looking for Verapaz, go North out of San Ramon on Highway 5, then after El Tuma cross the Tuma River and turn up the dirt road heading into the […]
San Jose Primary School
Location: San Antonio De Upa, Nicaragua Cost: $2,500 Date Started: August 9, 2015 Date Completed: August 11, 2015 Major Donors: Strata Solar Summary As soon as the two trucks carrying the construction material pulled into San Jose, a crowd of giggling children and curious adults formed outside the school. San Jose is a beautiful village, […]
Solar Panels for a Primary school- Mina Verde 2
Location: San Antonio De Upa, Nicaragua Cost: $3,000 Date Started: May 27, 2014 Date Completed: May 29, 2014 Major Donors: Strata Solar Summary Over the period of three days, two of USI’s volunteers, Steven Thomsen and Charlie Egan, visited Matagalpa, Nicaragua to participate in two projects that are located deep in mountainous terrain miles outside […]
Colocando Primary School Goes Solar
Location: San Antonio De Upa, Nicaragua Cost: $2,500 Date Started: August 9, 2015 Date Completed: August 11, 2015 Major Donors: Strata Solar Partners: Sonati, Suni Solar Summary The community of Colocondo is centered around a dirt courtyard surrounded by small homes, a community store, and the school house. A short distance away the Colocondo River […]
UNC Students Bring Solar to Nicaragua for Brighter Future
For the majority of Americans, living entirely without access to electricity is a thought that almost never comes to mind. In a country where livelihoods revolve around the energy grid, going without access to devices as simple as light bulbs seems unfathomable. But for 1.2 billion people on Earth, access to energy is not an […]
