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Innovation in Solar Power Technologies through the Establishment of LED Cottage Industry

Like most rural areas in Jamaica, in Princess Field community, most residents do not have access to
affordable energy and are faced with high electricity costs. The energy used by households and small and micro businesses in the community is all fossil fuel based. Furthermore, the lack of livelihood alternatives yields a bleak picture for the future of its residents, especially the youths and women.
This variety of fuels used to generate electricity all have some impact on the environment and tandard of living among the residents. To achieve sustainable management, efficient use of environmental resources and socio-economic objectives that are important to the community including employment for women, men and youth, the project will seek to address issues related to
climate change by establishing a Renewable Energy and LED Cottage Industry to contribute to the reduction of the energy required for lighting and reduce CO2 Emissions while empowering community members with marketable skills.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

St. Catherine Community Development Agency

Country:

Jamaica

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)

Grant Amount:

US$ 100,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 112,180.00

Project Number:

JAM/SGP/OP6/Y4/CORE/CC/2019/01

Start Date:

7/2019

End Date:

2/2021

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

A complete Modular Assembly Lab has been designed and installed in the Princess Field community to facilitate the training of At least 15 women, men and youths in LED assembling and other LED based products. At least one reliable source of market has been identified to purchase the product produced at the Cottage Industry in the community.

Policy Impact

A project of this nature can be replicated or scaled up. It envisages that the Princess Field LED base Product Cottage Industry will be used as a demonstration Project for other groups/Agencies in Jamaica. Any Government, Non-Governmental Organisations or public Agencies can benefit from this project through the dissemination of information and site visit to the Industry. Moreover, the project will serve as a source of motivation as community residents and groups will want to replicate for personal as well as community purposes. In addition, our collaboration with the technical team of the JMITF and CMU will identify best talents and provide exposure, nationally and internationally, as the Project expands.

Gender Focus

Initially, 15 women, youth and men will be targeted for the training and subsequent employment in the LED cottage Industry. The strategy to be employed to mainstreaming gender is, SACDA will first identify and select the women and youths that participated in the CMU Renewable Energy training held in 2013 in the community. This was one of the activities under the GEF SGP. These persons will be given priority, providing they are willing and available to participate in the Project. The project will ensure an equitable balance between men, women and youth. The project should also see community residents changing their energy use habits as they become more aware of the importance of saving energy and how they can contribute to climate change mitigation

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The Princess Field Renewable Energy and Led Product Cottage Industry Project will be used as pioneer into action for other community groups /Agencies in Jamaica. SACDA will log lessons learned and best practices during the life of the project. The lessons learned will be shared with other community based and Non-Government organisations. The Industry will be open for other groups/ Agencies to visit and learn from the experience and methodology. SACDA will use and share best practices with other groups / Agencies at organise Forums and during visits from other groups to the Project.SACDA will be using social networks to share information about the project. A video will be produced documenting the project activities. This will be share with other community groups

Notable Community Participation

The Project will consider the specific needs of women, youths and men, as they will be targeted for the intervention. Several women in the community are sole-breadwinners for their families. Some women head multi-generational households. A large percentage of the men in the community are members of the local farmers group and are mostly employed in the agriculture sector. There is high level of unemployment and underemployment among the youth population. They are, however, are technologically driven, they are the ones that mostly utilize the services offering at the cyber centre in the community. Some youths and women were participants in a training offered by CMI in the community in 2014

Capacity - Building Component

Training sessions will be conducted with community residents and site visits will be done by the Project Officer on a daily basis especially during retrofitting phase

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Weekly meetings will be held with key stakeholders and community residents.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

not applicable

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Indicators

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 2

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 20

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 20

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