Winson's Lighting Hope for Haiti -- Port-au-Prince

EarthSpark Lights Up Haiti for Women and Girls

More than two years after the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th, 2010, EarthSpark and its partners have distributed over 8,000 solar lights to women and their families in camps throughout Port-au-Prince and other affected areas.

Three main distributions of a few thousand lamps each were carried out in April 2010, September 2010 and most recently in December 2011.

Thanks to the documentation efforts of Melinda Miles of Let Haiti Live and photographer Evan Abramson, EarthSpark International is pleased to share with you, their supporters, a short video showing the profound effects of a simple solar lamp.

read more | leave a comment

Double the Lamps, Double the Light!

EarthSpark shares two pieces of exciting news about new developments in the past six months that are allowing them to grow their impact as a social enterprise delivering light and alternative energy to Haitians. Read more on the progress they are making both in terms of delivery of lanterns and as an overall organization.

Double the lanterns, double the light:

As they're told us before, EarthSpark is a social enterprise, not an aid organization. Well, the markets worked their magic and due to finding a new supplier, EarthSpark was able to cut the cost per lamp from $13.75 to $7.61 meaning your project has funded nearly double the amount of lamps and will impact nearly double the number of lives. Congratulations!

read more | leave a comment

Exclusive Interview with EarthSpark CEO and Founder Dan Schnitzer

January 2011 marked the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. We are using this occasion to check in with our two field partners working in Haiti: CARE and EarthSpark International (an update on CARE’s work in Haiti can be found here). In late January, we had the chance to sit down with Dan Schnitzer, EarthSpark’s Founder and Executive Director, and ask him about EarthSpark’s work, its partnership with Citizen Effect and Dan’s overall views on how relief work in Haiti is progressing.

EarthSpark International: Redefining Aid Work

The first thing Dan Schnitzer wants people to know about EarthSpark International, a non-profit dedicated to eradicating energy poverty, is that “it’s not an aid organization – it’s a social enterprise.”

click below to read more

read more | leave a comment

The Need

Among the many tragedies in the aftermath of the January 2010 Haitian earthquake, women are confined in their homes because of the dangers they face at night. Without a light source, Haitian women are unable to leave their houses and unable to be productive when the sun sets. Your donations can help enlighten their lives and support the rebuilding of the ravaged nation.

read more | leave a comment