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Welcome to Napenda Solar Community!

 

Napenda Solar Community is an initiative by Debs and Thiemo, the Directors and Founders of Africa Expedition Support, to address energy poverty in East Africa amongst poor rural communities. Napenda Solar Community through Africa Expedition Support offer tourists, school and university groups a unique solar power workshop where you will learn about solar power, design, build and install a solar power system in a poor rural community.

The first house to benefit from Napenda Solar Community when this group of students installed a solar power system

The first house to benefit from Napenda Solar Community when this group of students installed a solar power system

Based in Kajiado County in rural Kenya, Debs and Thiemo have been advent solar power users and advocates for many years having lived in houses, running their workshop, office, crew house and staff cottages all on solar power. After using solar power for many years and swearing by it as a clean efficient energy source the decision was made to enable and support those in their rural community to access solar power. Hence Napenda Solar Community was born.

Kajiado County is between Nairobi, the Capital of Kenya and the border of Tanzania in Masai Land. Energy poverty is endemic in the area and is reflected in low high and primary school education pass rates and low literacy rates in adults. The area is semi desert with low rainfall situated 2000m above sea level; however the area enjoys many hours of sunshine each day. The area is shared amongst small scale subsistence farmers mostly herding cattle, goats and sheep, resident herds of wildlife including zebra, gazelle and dik diks and an abundance of birdlife.

Smiles all round from the Masai Community. To finally have electricity in their homes is a dream come true

Smiles all round from the Masai Community. To finally have electricity in their homes is a dream come true

Electricity is something we use every day. However for millions of people in Africa electricity is either too expensive or their geographical location makes connecting to mains power impossible. Majority of Kajiado County, Kenya is without access to mains electricity; it is an area clearly suffering from energy poverty.

Majority of people in the community are poor, earning less than USD$2 per day. While they want electricity their socio-economic status makes it an impossible dream. Being only 1 degree south of equator the sun sets at approximately 6:30pm every night. The rural population are left sitting in the dark, children cannot study impairing education; parents feel helpless and productive hours are dictated by sun light hours; all because of energy poverty.

A student group are very pleased with their handy work in designing and building a solar power system for Napenda Solar Community

A student group are very pleased with their handy work in designing and building a solar power system for Napenda Solar Community

We all know the best way to alleviate poverty is through education. By connecting as many households and schools to solar power systems means children from poor rural families will have a better chance to not only complete their education but excel; opening opportunities – a step out of poverty.

Napenda Solar Community blends opportunities for tourists, school and university groups to learn about solar power and energy conservation, design, build and install solar power systems into poor rural homes and schools through solar power workshops. This is a unique way for those wanting to connect and engage in a meaningful positive manner and empower poor local communities to alleviate energy poverty.

For more information email info@africaexpeditionsupport.com

 

Watch this video to see just how much of an impact community service projects have on the community and student groups.

 

 

 

 

 

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Digging a trench for the electricity wires from the house to the kitchen to ensure the entire home has lights in rural Kenya
Designed, built and installed a solar power system in poor rural Africa, this student group are feeling rather pleased with themselves
On site in rural Kenya connecting wires before installing the solar on panel on the roof of a poor family
Connecting the wires to the house lights, this student has loved learning about solar power and installing systems to poor rural homes in Kenya with Napenda Solar Community
After a full day in the community installing solar power systems with Napenda Solar Community it is time for a late afternoon siesta
Another successful school trip to Africa with Africa Expedition Support and Napenda Solar Community
The end product! These students are very excited they have built and wired this junction box for a solar power system with Napenda Solar Community
Volunteers in Africa attaching the solar panel brackets to the roof to light up this poor rural family home in East Africa with clean solar power

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