Urgent relief for refugees in Niger

Take a read of the latest impact reports from Save the Children on how Little Sun lamps have been brightening the lives of displaced people in Niger.

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Solar light for children in South Africa

With the support of the Little Sun community, Santa Shoebox Project brings 1395 solar lamps to children in South Africa.

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Make a global impact with Little Sun

For every Little Sun sold in an area with electricity, we make one available in a part of the world without electricity at a locally affordable price. Together, we can connect the sustainable power of the sun to everyone.

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Little Sun in numbers

Over 500,000 Little Suns sold! We ended 2016 with a very happy announcement: 500,000 are now shining brightly around the world.  280,607 of these were sold in communities without electricity.

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We are all #ConnectedByTheSun

In 2012, artist Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen started the Little Sun project and since then, our global team has been working day by day, solar lamp by solar lamp, to bring the sustainable energy and the awesome power of the sun to everyone. Join our solar mission!

Meet the Little Sun Family

Little Sun Original
$25
Little Sun Charge
$99
Add-on Stand
(for Little Sun Charge)
$9

Little Sun, Big Impact

“After my children go to sleep, I am now able to finish my sewing and stitching work because I have light. I am very happy with my Little Sun and all the opportunities it gives me and my children.”

Champa, seamstress, Uttar Pradesh, India.

“A dignified life is to feel pride. When Little Sun came and I began to sell them at the kiosk, it gave the whole team a desire for new challenges. We are so happy with this Little Sun project.”

Pascasie Redi, Little Sun sales agent, kiosk manager, Burundi

“Now, with Little Sun, I can revise and complete my homework. Even my friends benefit from it, because I hang it from the ceiling in our dormitory so they can see too.”

Swafdal Abdellah, boarding school student, Uganda

Where Little Sun is Making an Impact

"Art helps us identify with one another and expands the notion of 'we' from the local to the global."

Olafur Eliasson

Little Sun light is changing the fabric of off-grid communities in more than 10 African countries, including Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, and Ghana – with many more to come. So far (as of December 30 2016), we have distributed a total of 508,148 Little Suns worldwide. Of those, over 280,607 lamps went to areas without electricity. And that number is rapidly growing…

upcoming
Last week at Design Indaba, South Africa, Olafur revealed our newest, sparkling Little Sun solar lamp, Little Sun Diamond, to the world for the first time.

Little Sun Diamond:
get set to shine on!

March 2017
Stay tuned for Little Sun’s vision film: everything you wanted to know about Little Sun in two minutes!

Little Sun Vision Film –
learn about us in two minutes

Germany
October 2016
projects
Save the Children recently released important impact reports on the lasting effects of Little Sun solar lamps on the lives of refugees in Niger. We are happy to share the results with this story.

The Little Sun Impact: urgent
relief for refugees in Niger

May 2017
The Slow Marathon in Scotland meandered through all kinds of energetic landscapes to raise awareness for sustainable energy – with Little Suns charging by day and shining brightly at night.

A slow marathon through
energised landscapes

April 2017
Little Sun Diamond has won its first award! The DESIGN PRIZE, Experimentation Category, in Milan, Italy.

Design Prize Winner: Olafur
Eliasson with Little Sun and Little Sun Diamond

April 2017
Two young university students set their sights on driving across the Moroccan Desert with a box of Little Suns to give to school kids – this is their story!

Solar for the Children
of the Moroccan Desert

April 2017
This is Little Sun like you’ve never seen it before – a ‘swarm’ of lamps at the Tivoli Gardens, with proceeds going to off-grid Africa.

Little Sun Light Swarm
at Tivoli Gardens

Denmark
April 2017
March for Science will happen on Earth Day this year, April 22nd, and Little Sun will be there to support them!

Little Sun Marches for Science
on Earth Day 2017

Worldwide
April 2017
humanitarian work
Take a look at our glowing report from our partner UNHCR Rwanda on how Little Sun lamps have made an impact on the lives of elderly refugees.

105-year-old Rwandan
refugee shines on!

December 2016
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.

Safe and Sustainable Light
for Girls in Afar, Ethiopia

Ethiopia
November 2016
Kids and their teachers in rural Rwanda are happy to be kept ‘on air’ thanks to the Solar Kids School Program.

Keeping schools ‘on
air’ in Rwanda

September 2016
Let’s celebrate World Humanitarian Day together and also talk about how you can get involved to make a difference.

Solar Lamps
for Refugees

Worldwide
August 2016

The second member of our family, Little Sun Charge, is an innovative solar charger and lamp in one. Find out all you need to know about the Charge and join the ever-growing conversation with stories, pics, videos and more…

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