International Impact Stories

Solar-Powered Drip Irrigation Case Study: The Valle Family
Impacts from the Valle family's solar-powered drip irrigation system include higher earnings, more diverse crops, less time collecting drinking water, more reliable electricity for home appliances, no more trips to buy diesel fuel, more income for neighbors, and more locally grown food available all year round.

Sponsored Project: San Fernando, October 2015

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A Sunny Welcome
David Green recently participated in his first volunteer trip to install solar in rural Nicaragua. Read his guest blog about his experience installing an off-grid solar system on a Nicaragua school!

Agua Fria, Esteli, November 14-22

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Register for a trip to Nicaragua!
Fill out the form below to register for a trip to Los Chaguites, Jinotega, Nicaragua June 20-28, 2015 installing solar on an elementary school!

Mujeres del Sol: Coming Together to Move Forward
Nine Nicaraguan women joined GRID Alternatives and community members of El Guayo, Nicaragua to install solar power on the school. The women were participating in GRID’s first Mujeres del Sol project, an all-Nicaraguan, all-women installation event to both educate and inspire local women in the energy field, and bring power to a community yearning for access to more education and opportunities for themselves and their children.

GRID Culture Right at Home in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua last year, I joined a team of strangers as we traveled to the small Central American country to install solar for a rural village and see another part of the world with the GRID Alternatives International Program. Throughout the week people commented on “Nica time” warning us not to worry if things didn’t always follow the prescribed path. Over the week we all learned to let go and give the schedule over to the circumstance, to let the days flow uninhibited, to laugh, to work hard, and to understand that what will be, will be. It was a powerful experience to see a transformation as the group settled in with a different culture and concept of time.