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Low energy access co-benefits for rural villages off the National Grid: Scaling-up the electrification of two more villages through the use of Solar generated power.

The project is a scaling-up of the Electrification Of Two Villages Through The Use Of Solar Generated Power, and focused on upgrading the light system in kabomboh village and expand to three more surrounding villages that are demanding light for their communities. These will be provided with 24 hours off-grid solar power electricity for better living conditions and helps to create jobs and businesses for youths and women entrepreneurs. In carrying out activities as planned financial and energy operator?s policies in the renewable energy sector for rural electrification has become the corner stone.

Primary Objectives:
To Scale-up the Electrification of Two Villages through the use of Solar Generated Power (SGP) that benefits over 400 households conprising 2,000 rural population in Karene District by end of 2023.

Specific Objectives
1.Scale-up the electrification of the piloted rural villages with 400 households to connect other surrounding communities with the needed system upgrade such as batteries, PV solar panels and high power inverter system, transmission line cables, poles and basic electrical materials needed to supply more villages in the area.
2.Complete the construction of the solar system training center to accommodate 100 trainees for maintenance and repairs skills acquisition. This center work is ongoing and its at 40% completion.
3.Upgrade and increase the numbers of trainees in the country
4. Provide Public Health and Sexual Reproductive Health services for beneficiary women and other women who seek casual labour from the project.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

START N LIGHT (SL) LIMITED

Country:

Sierra Leone

Area Of Work:

CapDev
Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

OP7 Y3 (July 22-June 23)

Grant Amount:

US$ 20,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 5,688.00

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 12,479.00

Project Number:

SLE/SGP/OP7/Y3/STAR/CC/1/11/2022/39

Start Date:

12/2022

End Date:

12/2023

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

Memorandum of Understanding will be developed and signed specifically for this project that will describe the roles of partners that will be involved in the implementation of the project. This MOU will set how the indigenous people will be involved in the implementation process regarding meetings, reporting, monitoring and evaluation and general coordination.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The Project presents an opportunity to participate in building the foundation for a high-impact program to help thousands of deprived village communities in Sierra Leone. The project funding derived from both parties through several consultations with stake holders on how to raise funds to carry out the second phase of the project.

Capacity - Building Component

The organization has the requisite capacity to undertake the project. The organization comprises of six (6) administrative personnel, one women group with a total membership of 225 and thirty four (34) volunteers from the targeted villages.

Policy Impact

The project complements the Sierra Leone?s Climate Change Policy that has a mission to strengthen national initiatives to adapt to and mitigate climate change in a participatory manner that involves engaging all sectors of the Sierra Leone?s society with appropriate and adequate consideration for the women, the youths, the aged, the poor and other vulnerable groups within the overall context of advancing sustainable socio-economic development in Sierra Leone. It is also in consonance with the objectives of the Climate Change policy.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project is built on the principle of enhance knowledge management which is a key factor for success in this project as it is instrumental towards making a lasting impact in the communities and encourage the issues of replication of some of the concepts. The organization use its best effort to generate and share knowledge through it activities that involves different youths and women groups to bring out lessons learnt and experienced gained during the implementation phase of the project. The knowledge management strategy and plan objective is to ensure that the project support capacity of the target beneficiaries from pilot phase of 1,000 up to 3000 individuals with the tendency of increase replication to some of the indirect beneficiaries. The methodology is purely based on demonstration and illustration to build confidence of the beneficiaries to be able to take the technology somewhere else and replicate.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

This Project are been sustain through the implementation of a pre-paid energy meters install in all households with an affordable monthly tariffs which help reduce burden and generate income to pay off and maintain the proper running of the power terminal.

Notable Community Participation

This project will continue to be implemented by the different women and youth groups coordinated by the chair ladies and project coordinator. The approach of this project is a bottom-top which means the project is virtually owned by the communities and members of the different targeted communities that are part of the design of the prior pilot project through series of meetings and consultations. The project committee comprises 70% of the community people and this committee is responsible for the monitoring, supervising and advising on the implementation of the project.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

To further promote the inclusion of Indigenous people, the awareness raising exercise will continue to be done in their local language for the benefit of all. Also, specifically for this project a steering committee will be formed of which the traditional chiefs of the 5 targeted villages will chair on a rotational bases.

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Indicators

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 1

Empowerment

Number of indigenous people participated/involved in SGP project 3500

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 100

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