Solar Circle

In 2025, we distributed 1750 solar lights in remote villages in southern Tanzania. The villages are not connected to the electric grid, so the lamps were sought after. We distributed the lanterns through a barter system. Volunteers built 120 houses for poor, elderly and disabled people and were rewarded with a solar lantern. Near Tanzania’s largest city, we began construction of a dining hall at our school in Buyuni. The school has about 300 students.

The Michigan State University Chapter of Engineers without Borders  teamed up with Solar Circle to install a rain water collection and purification system at a Tanzania school.  In May, 2018, they installed several tanks and designed an overflow and drainage system. The system is working well and people in the neighborhood delight in the water supply. More at https://www.egr.msu.edu/news/2015/10/08/25000-grant