Last May, we piloted a project to bring electricity to some of our partnering communities who had none. In the winter and spring, my University of Waterloo co-op student, Lavender Zhang, undertook a research project to connect us to solar panel wholesalers in southern Ontario. She found Green & Clean Energy Co. in Guelph and arranged a meeting.
Fast-forward a few months to Waterloo and Laurier SOS trip volunteers lugging the panels down to Guatemala and Nicaragua respectively as part of their checked baggage (thanks guys). With only a few customs issues, the panels made it to their new homes in Colomba la Florida, La Nueva Florida, Cerro del Padre and Ocalca. The groups used them throughout their trip but didn’t get them installed onto the buildings. At the end of their two weeks, everyone went home and left the solar panels there to be installed and used.
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