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Solar Installation

Jul 25, 2017

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During the Schools for Salone visit to Sierra Leone, we installed solar lights at three schools: Masanga SLMB, Masanga SDA, and Makali. These solar lights are new systems purchased through Easy Solar, a company started in Sierra Leone by a former Peace Corps volunteer. Each system comes with a solar panel, battery pack, and 3 lights with switches. Each light has multiple brightness settings, and will last 4-24 hours per day’s charge depending on brightness setting. Each system is $60 and lasts for approximately five years. We had the opportunity to try the lights, and they work incredibly well! These systems are a lower-cost, more efficient, and higher quality solar solution that is perfect for illuminating our schools. Each community where we installed solar was so thrilled to have extra light to study by!

To bring solar light to more schools, click the donate button below!

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