Grassroots efforts as these provide for many families; we’re replanting Eucalyptus amongst the coffee that rebels hacked down for firewood, cause it makes the Arabica beans happy and a more delicious brew. The goal is sustainability and independence from Aid.
South Sudan border: Light!…life’s unbearable without it.
When complicated infrastructure can’t be done, these state-of-the-art solar lanterns serve very many people of the sun, thanks to our generous supporters who keep ‘em coming!
Water is Life! Students in Northern Uganda, Border of Congo DRC
IT NEVER GETS OLD, witnessing the joy water brings to those who hadn’t any before we helped; a constant reminder of how crucial it is for any quality of life.
Water, Light, Laughter on the Uganda-South Sudan border
A 13 year old Well still going strong cause we made sure it’s 80 meters deep; Light via the best Solar Lanterns we could carry and Laughter, and a tough call as to which is most important in such a difficult place, but it’s ALL thanks to our Supporters!
Laybo, Eastern Congo: Voila! Water AND Laundry
With no water source, Rain Tanks can do the trick, especially where there’s much rain. Course they’re thrilled, no more dragging buckets of water from a contaminated source!
Real game-changer: Some bags of cement, few 10,000 liter rain tanks, and happy days!
Dalasiga, Eastern Congo: For Children in a Conflict Zone
Planted trees, brought rain tanks from Uganda, arranged an ambulance for their Clinic, but then there’s the Conflict Zone’s traumatized children: Thanks to our Supporters each will get a solar lantern and black doll; regretfully minimal, but all we can do in this situation.
Djalasiga, Eastern Congo, Conflict Zone: Planting Trees, Saving the Coffee
Deforesting an area is the least of the evils rebels commit but one we can help with; we got busy replanting especially the Eucalyptus cause it makes the Arabica coffee bean happy!
Eastern Congo: Ndrele Clinic, keeping that light on in rainy season!
This Clinic’s all the community has, the Show must go on and it’s our pleasure helping them do it. Whether it’s covid Masks, water, equipment, renovations or battery Head-Lamps when the rains won’t stop, solar power dies and out of generator fuel, they’ll do the trick.
Bringing light: Eastern Congo’s Conflict Zones, Haut-Uele Province
State-of-the-art Solar Lanterns guide their way
Volume Up, hear the forest! Evening walks made possbile now with Solar Lanterns
Reading at night also made possible thanks to Solar Lanterns!
Lighting Conflict Zones in Eastern Congo with Solar Lanterns!
In rebel occupied conflict zones where infrastructure’s nearly impossible Solar Lanterns are a Light option. And they’re at their best now: lightweight, hard to tear, last long, cast brilliant light, charge phones, and need only the Sun which they’ve plenty of for free.
Aba, Eastern Congo DRC: BEE HAPPY PROGRAM
Plenty of heatlhy Bees, no colony collapse here: Teaching Bee-appreciation, their gifts, their necessity for our World; AND introducing other hive ideas besides the traditional tree ones.
Eastern Congo: Delivering Solar Lanterns that also charge phones
Haut-Uele: A human-trafficking zone wedged in a dense rebel-occupied forest bordering Congo, Sudan and the Central African Republic. Infrastructure’s nearly impossible, but solar lanterns can give light and charge phones and only needs the Sun! Bravo to our Team who delivers them, takes 2 days by night-only ; Kudos to Luminaid for making great inflatable solar lights and conscientiously adding the phone-charging feature. More people in the world have phones than running water and electricity.
Eastern Congo: Black Baby Dolls, Self imaging gifts, always!
50 years they held only white dolls, had to fix that! School Security Walls against LRA rebels abducting students is the focus, but the small hearts who lost older siblings this way, this soothes momentarily, we’re trying, it’s something?! Variety’s due to best Supporters ever!
Kabunza, Uganda: Forget they've a new School, it’s Polaroid Day that get’s ‘em:)!
Students don’t have smartphones, home mirrors nor Pics of themselves SO Polaroid Day is THE day especially when they’re the photographers.
Bringing the joy of Water, plus it runs!! Luma, Eastern Congo DRC
Repairs during Codeco rebel attacks, Yes! and water’s back and gratitude’s in the air:)!!
Eastern Congo DRC: Caring for Children in Conflict Zones
Course we address light, water, education and medical issues but rrrrrreally pride ourselves on that extra mile we go tending to small hearts.
Luma: Eastern Congo DRC "Running-Water's Back, Hooorah!"
OUR Foundation will hold, unlike the prior that crumbled under the water’s weight; Tank fell, broke, we patched it & did it all during Codeco rebel attacks. Go Team, Water’s running again!
Foundation that crumbled, “How Not to do it.”
Before Rain tanks were brought, students lugged water from the infectious Adhu river, whose banks are infested with a fly that has blinded many of them with “river blindness.”
Aba, Eastern Congo DRC Young Beekeepers, the way to go
After months in the field, happy to report we’ve produced lots of young BEE enthusiasts.
Mahagi, Eastern Congo DRC Our School/Staff Rain Tank
Water’s everything and the West isn’t feeling its lack of yet, but Congo is; our Rain Tank with Staff happily toting our Rockefeller Center Skate Event Beanies, cause it’s Cold there!
Water IS life and we're on it in Eastern Congo DRC
Getting water is part of a student’s hard life in Aba (Haut-Uele Province); 2023 we’ll resolve that with a Well (if water’s found) and rain tanks.