GivePower Foundation Receives $1 Million Donation from Silicon Valley Technology Veteran Chris Larsen Grant allows non-profit to optimize clean water distribution strategy, ramp operations at desalination sites, and create local jobs; University of California, Berkeley to develop impact study on results SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — GivePower, a non-profit organization that provides solar-based solutions…
GivePower Deploys Solar Water Farms in Kenya and Haiti
Powered entirely by solar energy and battery storage, GivePower’s desalination systems are housed in 20 foot shipping containers and capable of transforming 70,000 liters of brackish and/or seawater into clean, healthy drinking water every day. GivePower, a non-profit organization that provides solar energy and clean, affordable water to people who need it most, has deployed…
Solar beats salt, bringing clean water to coastal Kenyans
LAMU, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Miriam Bahero Musa sat on a yellow 20-litre jerrycan, a smaller white one in her hand, as she lined up with 20 other women to collect water at the Kiunga desalination plant on Kenya’s coast. The solar-powered water farm converts salty seawater to clean water for drinking and washing….
GivePower Deploys Solar Water Farms in Kenya and Haiti
GivePower Deploys Solar Water Farms in Kenya and Haiti Non-profit provides access to 140,000 litres of clean water a day to over 70,000 people SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — GivePower, a non-profit organization that provides solar energy and clean, affordable water to people who need it most, has deployed two of its Solar Water…
GivePower Is Giving Fresh Water Using Solar Power And Desalinization In Kenya
One-third of the people in the world don’t have access to clean drinking water. That’s according to UNICEF and The World Health Organization (WHO), and it is expected that half of the world’s population will live with a water shortage by 2025. Founder and President of GivePower, Hayes Barnard, hopes to help change that. Back…
GivePower Unveils GivePartner Program
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative Addresses the Global Water Crisis while also Driving Business Growth and Greater Employee Engagement. The GivePartner Program has already on-boarded more than a dozen organizations. It provides businesses the opportunity to donate funds as a percentage or dollar amount with every business transaction or make a flat donation. In the case…
Solar Energy Non-Profits Join Forces to Build the Largest Solar Energy Farm in North Dakota at Standing Rock Reservation
Representing 50% of the State’s Solar Power, the Solar Farm Connects the Sioux Nation’s Ancient Knowledge with New Technologies to Ensure Long-Term Self-Sustainability. GivePower, a non-profit organization that provides solar energy solutions to developing regions that need it most, led the effort to build the CannonBall Community Solar Farm in partnership with Empowered by Light,…
GivePower Foundation Receives Grant From Bank of America
GivePower Foundation Receives Grant From Bank of America to Build Solar Powered Desalination Systems for Clean Water Creating Sustainable Sources of Clean Water for Rural Villages in Developing Countries CHARLOTTE – GivePower Foundation received a $250,000 grant from the Bank of America to support its newest initiative, bringing safe water to dry, coastal communities in…
Featured Project: Reteti Elephant Sanctuary
Visiting Kenya’s Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy In the heart of Kenya’s Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy is the Reteti Elephant Orphanage – a sanctuary for abandoned and orphaned elephants. Reteti is the first community-owned elephant sanctuary in Africa and it is at the forefront of a conservation movement that is helping to reduce human and wildlife conflict in…
Introducing The First GivePower Solar Water Farm
Kenya: Site of GivePower’s Solar Water Farm Kiunga, Kenya is a small fishing community of about 3500 people located just a few miles south of the Somalian border. The village is situated along the coast of the stunning Indian Ocean and the area is home to an important marine conservation reserve. It’s also an area…