Little Sun's Big Projects

The Little Sun education projects continue one of the core functions of our products as fun, accessible tools, educating people all over the world about the benefits of solar power and sustainable sources of energy.

Join the Solar Nightwalk on Governors Island on August 3

Solar Nightwalk – A
unique experience on Governors Island

July 2018
The Kindred Project, a Spanish student-led NGO bring Little Suns and solar education workshops to children in Uganda.

Solar in Classrooms Connecting
Spain and Uganda

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
The Maasai community learnt about how a Little Sun harnesses the power of the sun through all of its individual parts working together. What can we learn from the story of the Maasai community’s Earth Day workshop?

Maasai Community Teach their
Students about Solar Power for Earth Day

Tanzania
April 2017
We heard word from the Afari communities who received Little Suns thanks to Save the Children. Here’s the full story including a link to the Impact Report.

The Impact of Solar on Ethiopian
Classrooms: Findings From Save the Children

Ethiopia
March 2017
We are empowering schoolchildren living off-grid by putting the power to read in their hands: with our simple, yellow solar light. Because power means empowerment.

The Power to Read

Ethiopia
March 2017
“Toufouk Mitchikut” means Little Sun in Tamashek. This is the story of how Little Suns journeyed to the Ethagas Nomadic School in the Sahara desert, Niger.

Little Suns for Nomadic
School Children in Niger

February 2017
In the remote, off-grid bush area where the Maasai community live, it is very difficult to find a reliable source of light after the sun goes down. 800 solar lamps were generously donated to Maasai children across northern Tanzania by AIIDRO.

Living in the Tanzanian Bush:
How the Maasai Community use their Little Suns

Tanzania
February 2017
Experience how it would be to receive your first reliable source of light in the words of girls from the chars in Bangladesh.

Solar ‘necklaces’
for Bangladeshi girls

February 2017
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