“I wish to express our profound gratitude to CSI for providing us with a complete audio-visual kit for capturing the impact of our work in Nigeria. I join the voices with the children in this picture to thank the entire IEEE community for the impact being created in their lives. We at Green Village Electricity…
Laurel Stachel, co-founder of We Care Solar and CSI partner, has been nominated as one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes of the Year for bringing solar light and power into maternal health facilities in rural Africa. The winner of this accolade, as decided by popular vote, will receive $250,000. “If we get enough votes…
Two CSI workshops were held in 2013: July in Vancover, B.C. (13 presentations were showcased); and October in San Jose. To view presentations, click on the “CSI workshops” tab above.
Michael Wilson, CSI program manager, recently visited sites in Cameroon, Africa. He met with project managers and mini-grid operators who voiced concerns ranging from lightning strikes, that were damaging expensive equipment, to how to educate customers on how to maintain charging frequencies. Pictured are Michael Wilson and Jude Numfor, who are standing in front of…
Mou Riiny, Village Help for South Sudan Project Manager and Electrical Engineer, will present “South Sudan Rural Electrification Project” at IEEE’s 2013 Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) in San Jose, Calif., in October. Mou’s presentation will be an informal overview of his solar electricity project and early results from the field pilot test sites. The…
Oregon High School Advanced Construction Students create LightStick factory (Deomstrated at the 8th Annual Energy and Construction Best Practices Summit in Washington) Competency based learning is igniting critical thinking and problem-solving skills within high school students in Oregon. So much so that students are researching cultures, developing products, creating business plans and designing factory models…
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