We will continue to install solar panels to generate electricity for village households where they do not have electricity. This time we will be working in the villages around Rwamagana, to the east of Kigali, instead of Gikomero, in the north-east of Kigali.
We will try to improve the design of the solar panel power-generating system, for better efficiency, and more conveniency for the villagers. We will provide systematic training for local youths to work with solar panels, so that they can work with us; in the mean time, to improve their skills and better employability for the future. We will work with a local vocational school to set up a longer term training program that they can run on their own after we have left. We will also install programs on the solar panel power generating systems to monitor the operation of the systems, remotely. We have already developed the programs. Success depends on continued access to the Internet from the systems that we install, which is not a certainty given the relatively under-developed network infrastructure in the rural areas.
In addition, we helped to set up a children-support program between Hong Kong-based Christian NGO and a Rwanda-based Christian NGO. Donors in Hong Kong are supporting a number of children in poverty to help them to stay in school, The donations support some schools fees, insurance, meals, etc., that help to keep the children in school, for a better future. We hope to visit some of these children to see how they are doing.
Hence we are attempting some new projects that require technical solutions, as well as the collaboration of many parties, including the local villagers, our partner organisation, the vocational school, the youths in the community, … Of course, we need everyone to stay healthy amid the pandemic. And something completely out of our control - that the various governments do not suddenly change the rules of control measures in the name of tackling the pandemic.
We need lots of good wishes, and prayers.
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