https://youtu.be/mM3ZptextlQ?si=IYPMkubzML9lg0hw Energy poverty and water poverty are closely linked. Communities that lack electricity also lack the power to pump, purify, and distribute drinking water. Families trek long distances to collect water on foot....
In the scorching summer heat along the U.S.-Mexico border, electricity isn't just a luxury—it’s a lifeline. But for many low-income families, high utility bills make it difficult to keep the lights on, the air conditioning running, or even food safely stored in the...
https://youtu.be/kBpd7Vb_zqg?si=iWGA6O5OKtuaSHeJ When the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) launched the Justice Microgrid last year, its goal was ambitious. In partnership with BarefootLaw, SELF sought to harness solar energy to bring equity and justice to thousands...
This holiday season, SELF is raising awareness for the important role of light in our lives. This article explores why lighting public spaces is important for safe communities. For Nadiope Loy, life changed when the sun went down. In her rural village in central...
A new SELF documentary explores how solar electricity is helping underserved people get justice in Uganda. In the rural Kole District, electricity is hard to come by. This means streets go unlit at night, community services are under-resourced, and citizens have...
Around the world, nearly one billion people lack safe, reliable energy—impacting lighting, literacy and education, water and food supply, communication and technology, healthcare, trade, and the economy, social programs, and government. Everything. What the UN...
SELF has begun its project to provide 24 solar-pump water stations to villages in the Kalalé District of Benin. No matter how much testing has been done beforehand, it is always a little stressful waiting to see if the new well is going to have enough water pressure...
We are pleased to share a short documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Yan Chun Su. Shot in the spring of 2018, it chronicles SELF’s efforts to bring solar electricity to the Arhuaco village of Katansama, a newly established Indigenous community on the northern coast...
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