UT GivePower treks send students abroad to install solar power and clean-water systems in off-grid communities, working hand-in-hand with GivePower engineers and Dr. Manish Kumar's research lab.
We're planning our next deployment. We'll post the destination, dates, and fundraising goal here as they're confirmed. Until then, you can support the Trek Fund directly.
Four treks since 2023 — electricity, clean water, and restored classrooms for schools and clinics across Kenya and Tanzania.
Two weeks with the University of Dodoma and South Eastern Kenya University on engineering and Solar Water Farm projects in Dodoma, Tanzania and Mombasa, Kenya, then a trek to the Muryachakwe community in Kilifi County, Kenya, installing electricity at a health clinic and a primary school.
17 undergraduates, 3 graduate students, 3 faculty
A week of Solar Water Farm research in Wote, Kenya alongside South Eastern Kenya University students, then a trek near Oloitoktok installing electricity and computer labs for a primary and secondary school.
16 undergraduates, 2 graduate students, 2 faculty
Two weeks of Solar Water Farm research in Wote, Kenya with South Eastern Kenya University, plus a trek installing electricity for a primary school.
~9 undergraduates, 1 graduate student, 2 faculty
A week of Solar Water Farm research in Wote, Kenya, and a trek supporting a local secondary school.
~7 undergraduates, 1 TA, 1 faculty
