FRED'S FARM - Rwanda

LAMP library

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BAckground

Doing homework and reading is a big problem after dark as 99% of the children do not have electrical power at home. The same applies for teachers. Sunset is approx. 18.00 hrs all year round in Rwanda. Approximately 750 children attend Kizi school. 
In Rwanda there is no system in place for handling "special" waste, electrical or other appliances. Outside of large towns there is no form of communal waste disposal. We have witnessed various non-functioning follow up of solar powered lamps.   

Goals

  •  To improve learning facilities for schoolchildren and teachers. 

Beneficiaries

120 pupils

HOW

Sourced a suitable solar lamp suited to expected use focused on repairs, waste disposal, replacement and cost. The school principal was active in the process of how to organize a lamp library, including which pupils should get priority. All 47 lamps were tested, numbered and registered. A log for registration of "in", "out", "problems" was made. Several lamps were prioritized for teachers, and the rest for the eldest pupils studying for their final exam at school. This exam is decisive if they are to continue at senior high school. ​
AGREEMENT with School

Time Line

2022 All lamps serviced, 5 needed new batteries, 1 damaged. All in continual use. 
2021  All 47 lamps in use. 120 pupils have benefited. 
2020 Lamp delivery in Kigali, and brought to the school. Binding agreement between the principal and FRED'S FARM. Covid 19 came just after they got the lamps. So no follow up after that.
2019  Discussed the challenges of no light with the school principal at Kizi. He was positive to the idea of solar powered lamps. Researched and ordered lamps.   
SITE UPDATED: Desember 2022
CONTACT : FredsFarm.p4p@gmail.com
ORGANISATION (Norway): NO 9176 11394
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    • OUR Goals
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      • The competency centre >
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      • Bamboo
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      • Food Supply
      • Twa children to school
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      • Food at School
      • Lamp library
      • Educational Visits to the Farm
      • Internship on the Farm
  • News