Community participation is vital in the whole process of providing electricity services to remote rural area. The Project Management Unit (PMU) will maintain very close contact with the rural end-users in the local community. The Project Manager will organise regular meetings and workshop with the local inhabitants to secure their concurrence and support to the activities proposed for implementation and to explain to them the benefits that they would derive from such activities. In addition, a Rural Electrification town Working Group will be formed to oversee the project implementation. Community members will be encouraged to invest into agriculture in order for them to benefit both from components of the project (irrigation and electrification).

During the last six months of the project being under the management of Think Salone, it will be handed over to the Pujehun District Council and the various local authorities in Mano town. The six-month hand-over phase will include sensitizing the locals on the various aspects of the project. Thereafter, extensive technical training will be given in order for the local leaders to gain sufficient expertise. In addition, managerial and organizational training will be given to leaders in the various communities served. After the initial one year period, the local communities will be the formal owner of the infrastructure, as well as act as the employer of the staff. From time to time, Think Salone will send staff to monitor and offer recommendations. In order to sustain the project upon completion, selected members of the community will be receive training from trained solar panel technicians on how to maintain and repair the solar units. The trained community members will receive support from Think Salone even after the termination of the project.