Working together to make sure humanity has a better future We just finished our last project of 2019 with one of our main corporate partners, Wooree, at a junior high school in Hanchipacha, Pitumarca (Cusco). This past year in this region of Ausangate Valley we have completed eight projects on all eight buildings that the […]
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Rundle College Experience with LUTW in Peru The following video was created by Rundle College student Amanda Lang. Last year when Amanda was in grade eleven, she travelled to Peru with Rundle and Light Up the World. Amanda describes the experience she had as life changing. Amanda was so inspired by her work with Light
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Bringing Light To Hanchipacha A solar system changes lives in an off-grid community in Peru In May 2019, 12 technical volunteers from the University of Calgary travelled to Peru with Light Up The World and IEEE SIGHT to install a solar system in Hanchipacha, an off-grid community. The system has had a positive educational, economic,
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The impact of our work is real and has a face and a name Sol is 7 years old. Her name means “Sun”. And it felt like some kind of poetic justice that my first solar project as a volunteer started in a school in rural Peru with Sol, or the “Sun”, following me everywhere.
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A Rundle College High School students experience Lighting up a Preschool! This past spring break, a group of 19 students and four teachers had the opportunity to travel to Peru with Light Up the World. This past spring break, a group of 19 students and four teachers had the opportunity to travel to Peru with
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SAIT students install PV systems in remote Peru SAIT Electrical Engineering Students getting ready to embark on a volunteer based project in Peru with a goal of installing a PV systems in one of the remote off-grid communities. Last year our group has made a successful trip to a remote village of Romatambo located about
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Empowering communities in Peru with the sun Mery and Gamaniel live in a rural community high up in the Peruvian Andes. Although the grid has been next to their home for twenty years, they have never had electricity. When the sun was down they cooked and worked under the dim light of a candle or flashlight.
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SEDV Students experience with Light Up the World Eager to get involved in the Calgary community and build on education gained in the classroom, the SEDV Society reached out to various local organizations, including Calgary-based non-profit, Light Up the World (LUTW), to determine what opportunities were available. Upon discovering Light Up the World’s International Solar
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LUTW and NAIT bring energy to Aquia “A picture is worth a thousand words”… Imagine a video! Please enjoy this video that one of the students of NAIT Alternative Energy Program put together after they travelled to Peru with LUTW. What an inspiring experience! Thank you all for your enthusiasm, support and for making the world
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Stories from the field: “Lighting It Up in Peru” Travelling in Peru, I had several incredible experiences that have inspired me to finally pick up the (ahem, keyboard) again. From surfing in Lima and eating ceviche by the beach to hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, this was a trip of a lifetime. However,
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