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Empowering HIV/AIDS orphaned children in Africa to a self sustainable future

Only LOVE Prevails

LOVE conquers all

Being LOVED deeply by someone gives you strength, while LOVING someone deeply gives you courage

LOVE is patient. LOVE is kind. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Where there is LOVE, there is life

I have decided to stick to LOVE. Hate is too great a burden to bear

Be the reason someone feels LOVED and believes in the goodness in people

LOVE everyone, everywhere

LOVE doesn’t just sit there like a stone. it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.

And in the end, the LOVE you take is equal to the LOVE you make

I LOVE you like a fish LOVES water

When the power of LOVE overcomes the LOVE of power, the world will know peace

One LOVE, one heart, one destiny

Who, being Loved, is poor?

“How do you spell LOVE” asked Piglet. “You don’t spell LOVE, you feel it”, answered Pooh.

Moving beyond a civilization of greed, to a civilization of LOVE

LOVE cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. LOVE has to be put into action, and that action is service.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Smile, breathe and go slowly.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.

'What day is it?' 'It's today,' squeaked Piglet. 'My favorite day,' said Pooh.

Filling both health care and safety needs, solar lighting runs very high on the empowerment scale in a country where 90% of the population cannot access electricity.

Well beyond the huge cost savings as a result of not needing to purchase paraffin to burn as a light source, the use of a solar light also provides tremendous health and safety benefits, including cleaner, smoke free air inside the hut or home, which translates into less irritation and pollution in eyes and lungs, coupled with a dramatically reduced chance of accidental fire inside dwellings.

Purchased locally in Uganda, the solar lights we have chosen for this project produce a brighter white light than the dim yellow of paraffin, and provide enough illumination to read a book, do homework, play a game, cook, light a room, compound, trail, or pathway for hours each evening after being charged each day.

The first group of caregivers participating in our LITA Solar Project, made possible by the Wagner family of 5, who visited Uganda from Canada, and by their friends and family back home.

To date, over 130 caregivers of approximately 300 orphaned children, most of whom live in rural villages and used to spend $1 to $2 per week on paraffin have participated in our solar project. As with all our caregiver programs, participants in the project bring a stakeholder contribution to the table, in this case about 20% the cost of the lantern, and LITA donors help with the rest.. around $12 per. Add up the cost savings for a week, a month, a year, and it’s easy to understand how, in addition to all the other benefits of owning solar, caregivers are also empowered to better provide basic needs for the orphaned children in their care, including school fees and supplies, health care, clothing, perhaps even more well rounded nutrition.

There are many more caregivers waiting in line to participate in this project. Thanks for your interest in our LITA Solar Project in support of caregivers who are providing home based care for orphaned children. Click here to donate

Empowering HIV/AIDS orphaned children in Africa to a self sustainable future

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