Charlotte Mecklenburg Students to Help Light the World
Charlotte Mecklenburg Students to Help Light the World Solar Suitcase initiative combines STEM education with global citizenship News Release Media Contact: Nepherterra Estrada Best O: [...]
Applications closed for Wells Fargo 2018-2019 Global STEM in Charlotte, NC.
We Share Solar is joining with Wells Fargo, Jim Rogers and MA Rogers, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to bring a fully funded, global STEM program to CMS classrooms. The Solar Suitcase program [...]
Applications Closed for PG&E’s 2018 Solar Suitcase Program!
As part of the PG&E Foundation’s Better Together Giving Program, PG&E is partnering with We Share Solar to train educators for the 2018 PG&E Solar Suitcase program. The program [...]
Hayward Middle School Students Light Schools in Uganda
To light schools in Uganda, Cesar Chavez and Winton Middle School students learned how to build Solar Suitcases in partnership with PG&E, Cal State East Bay University and We Share Solar. For [...]
Solar Suitcases Improve the Lives of Deaf Children
Watch this short video that illustrates the importance of light for children who rely on sign language to communicate. Our installation of 5 Solar Suitcases at Kakamega School for the Deaf in May [...]
PG&E Solar Suitcase Program Teacher Training
In July 2016, we held a 2-day professional development workshop at the PG&E Service Center in Stockton, California as part of our STEM education program to train teachers from 19 schools in [...]
The Huffington Post Features Our Partnerships in Kenya
Our collaboration with Segal Family Foundation partners, Kakenya Center for Excellence and Solidarity & Advocacy with Vulnerable Individuals in Crisis (SAVIC), was featured in a guest blog on [...]
From Canada to Kenya with Wells Fargo
In November, the We Share Solar team led a one day workshop with middle school students at St. Agnes of Assisi School in Vaughan, Canada and 10 volunteers from Wells Fargo’s Toronto team. [...]
71 Solar Suitcases Placed in Remote Schools in the Philippines
We Share Solar partnered with SunPower Corporation and Stiftung Solarenergie to install Solar Suitcases in some of the most remote schools in the world. The installation journey to get to some of [...]
We Share Solar at UNESCO TeachHer in Paris
We Share Solar was honored to be featured at the UNESCO TeachHer launch event in Paris in June 2016. Our program was showcased through a hands-on demonstration of Solar Suitcase building by [...]
Lighting up Schools in Kenya
In 2016, we installed 69 Solar Suitcases in schools and children’s homes in rural Kenya, impacting over 11,400 people. We partnered with Kenyan community-based organizations, Change Mtaani in [...]
