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Offering Hope with the Power of the Sun

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and its population is the third hungriest in the world. The 8.9 million residents lack adequate food and shelter. Children regularly die from easily preventable and treatable diseases. It is hard to believe such desperation exists just 600 miles south of the United States.

Fond des Blancs, is a rural area of Haiti and is home to 250,000 people. Since there is no public access to electricity, the hospital and a few others make use of gasoline or diesel–powered generators for their primary source of electricity. The increase in fuel prices and lack of fuel availability is limiting. The use of generators in homes is out of the question so they live without electricity. When the sun sets, some use kerosene lamps and candles as their main source of light. The Foundation seeks to improve rural isolated communities by bringing solar power to enhance these desperate areas.

Fond des Blancs, Haiti…a rural area with little electricity but rich in sunshine.

A team of specialists have identified a total of $685,000 of solar installations in Fond des Blancs that will bring electricity to their hospital, clinics, schools, and community gathering areas. The goal is simple: to improve lives by utilizing the free, consistent power found in the sun.

  • Hospital cost $375K
  • Tilapia Pond Water Pumps cost $145K
  • Satellite Health Clinic cost $98K
  • Library cost $27K
  • Water Well cost $10,700
  • 3 – Schools cost of $3,600 ea.
  • Community Gathering Place cost $3,600

All installations will be overseen by the Foundation in partnership with the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation who will train local residents to support the solar energy systems after installation.

Let’s Share the Sun

The sun is a resource for all to share in common. Ironically, many of the economically poorest parts of the world receive an abundance of the sun’s rays. The Let's Share the Sun Foundation invites people to join together, share their diverse talents, resources, and realities, and help capture the sun’s energy in ways that improve the lives of people in poor communities and enhances the lives of all those who choose to participate in the Foundation’s endeavors.

Our Mission

Let’s Share the Sun Foundation aspires to facilitate the use of solar energy in poor communities around the world where harnessing the power of the sun will enhance the quality of life of those communities. The Foundation helps install solar power in some of the poorest parts of the world, including Africa, Asia and Latin America: places that are rich in their access to the sun but lack fundamental resources.