2008 SEED Award Winner

Las Mujeres Solares de Totogalpa Selected as 2008 SEED Award Winner

On August 21, 2008, the United Nations’ SEED Initiative selected Las Mujeres Solares de Totogalpa as one of 5 winners for the 2008 Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development. Las Mujeres Solares was selected from based on their plan to continue to develop their cooperative business that produces and markets photovoltaics made from recycled solar cells and solar cookers adapted for local needs. While in Nicaragua in the summer of 2008, Salud del Sol staffer Anna Young worked with partner Grupo Fenix of Managua to develop the plan submitted to SEED on behalf of Las Mujeres Solares.

“I feel overwhelmingly grateful that Salud del Sol was able to provide expertise and effort to ensure the future success of these Solar Women.” said Anna Young, Director of Development for Salud del Sol. “Their tireless efforts and hopeful attitudes about contributing to their own success is especially admireable to me and the entire Salud del Sol staff. We look forward to continuing to work with them in any possible way.”

Each 2008 SEED award winner will receive a package worth $ 25,000 of tailor-made support services, international exposure, and networking activities to assist its development from a project idea to a sustainable enterprise and to create real impact. Visit the link below for more information on the SEED Initiative, a global network for action on sustainable development partnerships.


  • More about Salud del Sol

    • The News & Events page has postings to Salud del Sol news coverage. You can read about the Business Plan Competition that we won, and background in our product research for solar autoclaves.

    New! Solar Cooker Construction Manual, 2008 by CJ Colavito, Grupo Fenix volunteer

    • The Solar Cooker Construction Manual, complete with photos and detailed diagrams for building your own solar box cooker, is now available. Download the English version (4Mb PDF) here:

      • Download the manual en Español (4Mb PDF) here:
Nicaragua Ministry of Health Grants Permission

On July 9th, Lori Hanna, Executive Director and Anna Young, Director of Development along with Susan Kinne of Grupo Fenix met with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health (MINSA). After the meeting, Salud del Sol received official permission from Dr. Jorge Orochena S., Director of Services Organizations, for the continuation of the solar autoclave research and development project. To read the entire meeting report, visit our News Post.

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