Sol Solidario: Solar energy for those who need it most: shelters in Spain and communities without electricity in Latin America and Africa

Sol Solidario

Solar energy for those who need it most: shelters in Spain and communities without electricity in Latin America and Africa

Sol Solidario is the branch of Light for Humanity that brings solar energy to people living in energy poverty. Since 2018 it has brought light to tens of thousands of people in six countries: shelters and neighbourhoods without power in Spain, rural communities without electricity in the Brazilian Amazon, La Guajira in Colombia and Honduras, and homes and crops in Kenya and Mozambique.

It is funded by donations and solidarity loans: people who lend their money, get it back and put it to work again. Sol Solidario loans run for 7 years, with yearly repayments, at 0 % interest and from 1,000 euros.

A child in the Brazilian Amazon, lit by a kerosene lamp.