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Project name Kibilight Project
Organisation solafrica org
Persons Several Authors
City
Country Kenya
Period
URL http://www.solafrica.ch/
Tags electricity, diy, fair-trade, solar energy, solar lamp, community, environment,
Text The objective of this project was to train young people living in Kibera slum (Kenya) to assemble portable solar lamps and then test them for daily uses with the intention of starting a small production centre if the pilot phase is a success. The solar lamps will then be produced by these trained young solar technicians and first sold to the local market. A part of the production will be exported to Switzerland and sold as fair-trade. Pre-fabricated lamps will be used as solar energy learning sets in schools and workshops in Switzerland. The youths were also trained to install solar home systems.