Implementation Sites

SolarSPELL always partners with in-field organizations in each location to enable the pairing of SolarSPELL digital libraries with locally-based trainers for long-term skill-building and sustainable use in each community.  

 The SolarSPELL team provides initial training on-site, using  a train-the-trainer model, as well as ongoing support and impact evaluation. To-date, our primary in-field collaborators have been US Peace Corps volunteers, who are stationed at remote, rural schools and clinics for two years.

Currently, there are SolarSPELL digital libraries in 15 countries across the Pacific Islands, the Middle East, and East and Southern Africa.

A world map with the Americas in the center that depicts lines branching out from Arizona to the countries where SolarSPELL works (Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, NE Syria, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Malawi, Comoros, Zimbabwe and Lesotho).

Hopi Tribe

North America

Rwanda

East Africa

Lesotho

Southern Africa

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

Middle East

Zimbabwe

Southern Africa

Students and faculty from Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi hold up SolarSPELL devices to the sun to see how they charge, as SolarSPELL director Laura Hosman talks with them about the technology.

Malawi

Southern Africa

Ethiopia

East Africa

Marshall Islands

Pacific Islands

Fiji

Pacific Islands

Vanuatu

Pacific Islands

Samoa

Pacific Islands

South Sudan

East Africa

Comoros

Southern Africa

Federated States of Micronesia

Pacific Islands

Tonga

Pacific Islands

Hopi Tribe

North America

Rwanda

East Africa

Lesotho

Southern Africa

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

Middle East

Zimbabwe

Southern Africa

Students and faculty from Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi hold up SolarSPELL devices to the sun to see how they charge, as SolarSPELL director Laura Hosman talks with them about the technology.

Malawi

Southern Africa

Ethiopia

East Africa

Marshall Islands

Pacific Islands

Arizona

North America

Fiji

Pacific Islands

Vanuatu

Pacific Islands

Samoa

Pacific Islands

South Sudan

East Africa

Comoros

Southern Africa

Federated States of Micronesia

Pacific Islands

Tonga

Pacific Islands