At the end of our 36-state, 17-day expedition across rural areas of Nigeria, many people asked "what next". Good question.
In conjunction with the Lagos state government (on Monday, June 28, 2010), we will be visiting a rural community in the state (Imope village in Ikosi-Ejirin local Council development Area) which has no light at all. We will have 3 objectives:
a) Determine what the solar needs of this 500-strong community are
b) Provide a solar panel that will power an income generating activity or a social service.
c) Select a couple of women who we will train as the solar panel is being installed. At the end of the project, the women will become the 'Community Solar Troubleshooters' who will fix any problems associated with the panels, or commmunicate the problems intelligently to our expert Rural Women Trainer.
Today, HERTZ Country Manager, Christian Chigbundu (pictured above), confirmed HERTZ' commitment to supporting our work long term. The company will be providing the transport to Imope village, and all other subsequent communities we will be working with nationwide. We are most appreciative of this partnership...
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