Peruvian Hearts

An 11-year-old American girl was so moved by her first visit to an orphanage in Peru that she decided to start her own non-profit. Ana Dodson's Peruvian Hearts seeks to improve the quality of life for children in extreme poverty. Education, health care and nutrition are the focus. The children benefit with vitamins, school supplies, books, and clothing. Peruvian Hearts has paid for medical and dental exam. They are planning partnerships with medical missions to promote good health. 

Solar water heaters provided by the organization have made warm baths possible for the first time in the children's lives. 

Learn more about Peruvian Hearts at:  http://www.peruvianhearts.org/        

BlueEnergy's Gift of Light

BlueEnergy's takes a holostic approach to renewable energy and improving living conditions among the world's isolated populations. 

With international support, the organization helps develop critical infrastructure, utilizing local people in the design, construction and installation of energy systems.

Lighting, water treatment, storage of medical products, and refrigeration are some of the benefits people enjoy because of BlueEnergy's efforts. 
Finally, blueEnergy helping to create local jobs, technical training and transfer of technologies adapted to local means.

Check out BlueEnergy's Gift of Light campaign.

India Pursues Tidal Energy

India jumps in the race with South Korea to build Asia's first tidal powered energy plant.

Atlantis Resources will build a 50MW tidal farm on India's west coast.  Actual construction could begin in 2012, and the facility could eventually provide four times the projected power services.  South Korea is also in the planning stages of several large facilities. 

The world's largest tidal station is in La Rance in France. It generates 240MW.

(BBC)