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.
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.
Time Line
2023 Lamps serviced. All in continual use by final year students.
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.
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.