Vassar College, Growing Food Security with Simple Technology

Drought and famine are a fact of life for the people of La Paz Centro, Nicaragua. The town is one of the epicenters of water scarcity in Central America – the result of El Niño, the periodic weather phenomenon that diminishes rainfall on the Pacific Coast of the...

Ohio State University – Powering an Orphanage with Solar Energy

Montaña de Luz (MdL) is a home to children affected by HIV/AIDS in rural Honduras. One in 100 people in Honduras are living with HIV, half of which are teenagers. The mission of MdL is to provide refuge, hope, and empowerment to youth who have lost their parents or...

Natural Disasters: Minimizing Damage

A natural disaster is defined as any severe form of weather or naturally occurring event that poses a significant threat to human safety, interrupts necessary daily activities, and threatens infrastructure or property.  Because natural disasters often happen suddenly...