Bringing Education and Electricity to the Q’ero Nation of Peru

The Q´ero Nation, a community of people who live in the remote Andes of Peru, are currently facing large problems as they are lacking basic services like like clean drinking water, electricity, education, sanitary facilities and access to health care. Infant mortality between the ages of 0 and 5 is high at 47 percent and [...]

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First Person: Jaime Muñoz

The article below was featured in the May/June 2009 edition of Common Place Magazine and profiles Jaime Muñoz, the founder of Asofenix. The article was written by Emily Will  and photographed by Melissa Engle.

From the first time I had heard about solar energy as a child, it intrigued me. When I was in school, [...]

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Interview with Gordy Molitor of Green Empowerment

The interview below was conducted by Nan Mooney, an editor at a new philanthropic website called igivingworld, a project that aspires to greater impact, efficiency and solutions for the world from the philanthropic sector. Gordy Molitor, the interviewee, is Green Empowerment’s Executive Director, and has a deep commitment to the eradication of poverty.
How did [...]

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