Navajo Solar Lights Project

Posted by Walt Duhaime 
on Nov 21, 2013
 

The Navajo Solar lights project provides an advanced solar light kit to homes on the Navajo Reservation that do not have electricity.  So far 42 homes have received 126 lights with solar panels, wiring and cell phone charging capabilities.  This was done on three separate installations on Black Mesa, in Monument Valley and at Navajo Mountain/Piute Mesa.  For information on the project, or information on how to donate, please contact our community service committee at the following email address service@durangodaybreakrotary.org.

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Navajo nation housing facts,  (69,154 total units):

*89% of rural homes rely solely on wood stoves for heat

*55% of rural homes lack complete kitchen facilities
*51% of rural homes lack complete plumbing facilities
*16,000 homes do not have electricity
*3/5 lack telephones