In 2012, SEED director Gary Beckwith traveled to Duchity, Haiti to install a solar energy system on a school.
The Duchity Vocational School is essential to the people of the area; it teaches important job skills and helps enable people to stay in the area instead of having to move to the big city for school and jobs.
The solar energy system provides electricity for light, laptop computers, phone charging, and more in the school. In 2019 SEED returned to the school to add more solar panels and replace the batteries because the school is now in full operation with more electrical needs. The photos and videos linked below document the 2012 trip, which was SEED’s first trip to Haiti. Below you can check out some of the photos, videos, and stories from our work there.
Photos from first trip to Duchity, 2012
- Last day in Duchity and back to Port-au-Prince (photos)
- Before the trip: Photos we received of the site (photos)
- Arriving and tour of Port-au-Prince (photos)
- The Tchaka Inn, Port-au-Prince (video)
- Just Like a Waving Flag, song about Haiti (video)
- Water in Port-au-Prince (video)
- Getting supplies in Port-au-Prince (photos)
- The drive to Duchity (photos)
- Tour of Duchity (photos)
- Rockin’ out with some kids in Duchity (video)
- Solar installation work (photos)
- Solar installation work (video)