Solar Light for Africa

03/23/2025

Even if you have never held a screwdriver or a pair of pliers in your life, we can quickly turn you into a “solar tech”! I promise you will feel a great sense of accomplishment! Join us and we can quickly teach you all you need to know!!

03/22/2025

The first whole day in Uganda will take us across the Equator! It is an incredible place for a photo stop!! Join us for an unforgettable trip to Uganda that has the perfect balance of work and play!!

03/21/2025

We always say our mission is so much more than light! Along with the work of installing light, it is new relationships, new experiences, and memories you will never forget!! For the next week I’m going to share some of those from the last few missions! Two of the first people you will meet on a mission trip are our contractors who will quickly become your friends! Timothy and Nickson, are two people you will love and never forget!! Join us in July and you will have the opportunity to meet them and work along side them!!

03/16/2025

We are still praying for the team to join us when we return to the Mama Janet Museveni School for Girls! The girls are excited to welcome us with open arms! For more info on the trip please visit
olarlightforafrica.org/youth-%26-adult-missions

03/09/2025

Happy International Women’s Day!! We have met some incredible women in the last 26 years of working in Uganda. We are so very thankful for their strength, perseverance, tenacity, and faith!! Today we celebrate all the women who have walked with us, in our mission to Illuminate- Empower and Transform!!

02/26/2025

We are so excited to return to Bridges of Glory this summer to continue lighting the dorms! This video gives you a glimpse into a day of mission in Uganda! We would love to have you join us! If you, your church or organization would like to sponsor a dorm or classroom we would be thrilled to match you up! For more info on our summer mission visit https://solarlightforafrica.org/youth-%26-adult-missions

02/19/2025

Along with all the work, we also had time for some fun! All these things can be experienced on the summer mission!! Zebras, giraffes, endless views of the Nile River, village walks, river tubing, and so much more!!

02/19/2025

The final part of our journey was to Ntungamo, in the southwest part of Uganda! We have not traveled with a team to Ntungamo for many years and are so excited to travel back to this beautiful part of Uganda!
We first visited the Mama Janet Museveni School for Girls in the fall of 2023. We installed solar power on a classroom block, and added security lights around the campus We immediately fell in love with the girls and committed to coming back. On this trip we installed solar on another classroom block. It was great to visit with the girls who were studying under the light we previously installed. I told them I planned on returning in July with a team to install more light, and they cheered with joy!!

02/19/2025

The second stop in our journey took us south to Jinja. We had visited Bridges of Glory School October 23, and installed solar security lights. We very quickly decided it was a place we would love to return. Bridges of Glory is a school for deaf children. We installed solar power in their girls dorm, and added more security lights!! The kids were so interested in our work and jumped right in to help!
I’m so excited to return on the Summer Mission to installed solar on the boys dormitory!

02/18/2025

02/18/2025

We traveled to Uganda in early February to check on some previous installations, complete some work, and scout for future projects.
We first traveled north to Lira, where we returned to the Shaunti School for the Deaf. We had previously visited on the last two summer missions, and had completed all but two primary student dorms. We arrived and found out the students were still on break. Ugandan schools are very different without the students there! We quickly realized that we didn’t have quantity students but we had quality! The house matron was there with three of her sons, and we put them to work! They were so excited to have the opportunity to help with the solar installation! They were quick learners, and we hope we have planted a seed for their future careers!
We were able to complete two installations, and brought light to both the girls and boys dorm! This completes our work at the Shaunti School! I was able to interview Josephine while we were working and she shared th impact the light would have for her students!
We returned after dark to see how the light transformed the dorms and the paths between the dorms and latrines!

12/05/2024

I am so thankful for my Ugandan team! Mama Penina has been with us for 25 years, and Timothy (my contractor extraordinaire) for about 15 years, and Nickson almost 10! We could not accomplish what we do with out an amazing team on the ground in Uganda!

12/03/2024

We have lifted so many panels, and have brought light to so many schools, clinics, orphanages, and many other facilities! We have accomplished so much in the last 25 years, but we have so much else to accomplish! Our list of schools in need of this transformative light continues to grow! We are so thankful for the support we have received in the past, and pray it continues so we can work to Illuminate - Empower and Transform!

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10/04/2024

“I hope you have an experience that alters the course of your life because, after Africa, nothing has ever been the same’ - Suzanne Evans, an English journalist

Join us in Uganda and have the experience a lifetime! You will work hard, and play hard, and never be the same! For more info on our 2 missions in 2025, visit solarlightforafrica.org. Emirates usually has a big ticket sale on Black Friday weekend, so make your plans now and be really to book soon!!

09/10/2024

Join us when we head south across the Equator Spring and Summer 2025! We will be taking our teams south to install solar power in two rural schools, in southern Uganda. The mission will then head east to Jinja where we will install solar in a schools for deaf children! This trip will be filled with lots of work and adventures! We will visit two National Parks, and float down the Nile, along with lifting solar panels, installing switch boxes and hanging lights!
It is not to early to be planning on joining us for either of these amazing adventures!
For more info, and applications, please visit https://solarlightforafrica.org/youth-%26-adult-missions

07/29/2024

We had an incredible visit to the Diocese of Maseno South in Kisumu Kenya! We were scouting for a possible partnership, and can’t wait to return with solar. We spent time at the Maseno School for the Deaf and Huma Girls School. It was a quick (being there, not getting there!) but very productive journey! We were also able to bless two of the clergy and our driver with portable solar lanterns!

07/27/2024

Day 6 (day 5 we relaxed in the morning then drove back to Kampala)

We traveled to our final installation of the trip! I had visited Masulita Children’s Village a few years ago. The buildings very very dilapidated, so we only installed security lights around the compound. Since that time they have started replacing the buildings, and they are beautiful new homes for the orphans living there. We were able to install solar power on two of the homes, and add more security lights! We also had a great time with the children! While the guys were working we passed out sodas and mandazi, and fitted all the girls with dresses, and the boys with shorts! Most of the children were under five years old, so this light will be an incredible blessing for the mamas trying to take care of all of them in the dark!!