By Monika Goforth | Guatemala Programs Director
You made this happen!
Solar Tech Training for 17 Girls and 21 Boys gives hands-on STEM education to set these kids up for jobs in the solar industry!
CEIPA is a non-profit school for working children - children who have aged out of public school because they have to work to support themselves and their families.
With an all-girls Circuits & Solar class, we helped them overcome gender barriers to electrical skills.
The highschool-aged girls installed 190 Watts Emergency Back-up Solar on CEIPA's administrative offices to increase effectiveness despite frequent black outs.
The boys's group installed 1100 Watts of Grid-tied Solar Power at the school's organic agriculture training site. The solar power will be used to run the water pump, reducing monthly electrical costs to almost zero!
Now we're preparing to teach these kids Advanced Solar Tech and Intro to Microbusiness, so they can earn a living with dignified work!
Can you help us pay our solar teachers?
Please give this Thursday, October 5th for Globalgiving matching funds to keep this amazing program growing!
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
