Solar panels are an important and relatively inexpensive source of renewable energy, that can make a big difference in rural African communities. These communities often do not have access to electricity and the areas that do have access to electricity experience frequent power outages. Solar panels not only provide power for lighting, charging, and operating electronics and appliances, but they also can power pumps at boreholes to help drive water over long distances.
Solar pumps are essentially water pumps that are powered by solar panels. They pull water from boreholes and push it through pipes into reserve water tanks and to spigots on school grounds. Boreholes can be located long distances from schools, leading to poor sanitation, poor nutrition, and difficulty maintaining school farms. We provide solar pumps to help insure a constant flow of clean water to the schools we work with.
