On a day dedicated to embracing the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service, nearly 50 Bay Area students and their families will build “solar suitcases” earmarked for Sierra Leone, where the life-changing kits will literally bring light to desperately poor West African schools.
The Tech Museum of Innovation in partnership with WE CARE Solar (Women’s Emergency Communication and Reliable Electricity) has launched the “We Share Solar Suitcase” assembly program, which links science and technology with international philanthropy and service. The dynamic initiative, the first of its kind, is meant to improve students’ STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and solar energy knowledge while raising awareness of energy poverty in the developing world.
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