Switch On: Buiding Solar Microgrids

Join the Solar Electric Light Fund, Dr. Scott Tinker, and a team of amazing volunteers as they return to the jungles of Colombia to build a solar microgrid—as utilities, nonprofits and entrepreneurs are doing across the developing world. With the help of the Arhuaco villagers, for the first time ever this remote community will have the power to Switch On.

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