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 […]
A Grateful Perspective: How the Treks Began
GivePower: Building a School in a Remote Mali Village In late 2008, my executive team and I took a retreat that was anything but traditional. It wasn’t two nights in Hawaii, or a 5-star resort in Tulum. Instead, we ventured to Mali, where we volunteered to build a school in a remote village. It was […]
Reflecting on Virunga
Conservation Project in Congo’s Virunga National Park Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is considered among the most bio-diverse areas on the planet and home to many critically endangered animals. It is also one of the most dangerous conservation projects in the world. GivePower Executive Director, Barrett Raftery, with some of the […]