It Takes a Container to Power a Village
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2021
- Meriam Sesiu and her colleagues operate a clinic in Lesotho’s Maluti mountains without reliable electricity. An old, dirty, and often unreliable diesel generator is the only source of power, and the air and noise pollution it produces is extremely unsettling for Meriam and her patients.
Yet when the lights go off and the generator doesn’t work, night-time emergencies can turn into nightmares . . .
This clinic in Manamaneng is typical to sub-Saharan Africa where over 60 percent of health facilities do not have access to reliable electricity. As part of the U.S. Government’s COVID-19 response, Power Africa awarded over $2.6 million in grants to electrify health facilities, allocating funds to nine solar energy companies to provide urgently needed off-grid power to over 250 rural clinics run by people like Meriam in Lesotho and eight other sub-Saharan African countries, primarily in isolated areas beyond the grid.
Lesotho-based OnePower is one of the nine grant winners. Through their grant, ingenuity, and grit, their team drove a containerized solar power solution from Cape Town, South Africa, into Lesotho and across the Maluti mountains to bring clean, reliable power to Manamaneng’s clinic.
This video shows what it takes to get power to a remote African village, and captures a #lightson, ‘silent power’ moment with Meriam.
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Great USAID program. The terrain to Manamaneng made it one of 1PWR's most challenging solar installations so far - we are fortunate to have the hardest working team in Africa, and so many supporters, to help us meet the challenges ahead.
Well done 1PWR. This is really outstanding job you guys have provided for our nation...
Fantastic work US Power Africa and great news for community that will benefit
Wow. This is a great initiative, rea leboha 1PWR. Mme Meriam, you are one rare jewel. May God richly bless you.
This is amazing. Clinic workers have the hardest job. Anything that helps them save lives and improve a local community is worth the investment. I hope this continues to be funded.
This is an absolutely fantastic use of aid money, it's actually benefiting people in need. Also that midwife deserves a medal for her tireless work.
Thank goodness its pvt companies and not the government.
Great Great Work people...valuable inspiration for everybody, around the world, where such sustainable solutions are needed
Good Work, I was smiling so hard when the lights came on. I would love to see more of these videos :)
Well done! 🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I thought the idea of this film was to showcase how one container of power is lighting up a community. I came here to research that but seems I came out with more knowledge about pregnant women and how they're surving there!
Yeah
The Humanitarian part was addressed, but the technical aspects were not. No mention about batteries, power output, etc. The generator could be still used to help charge batteries or something. I guess it was mentioned that the "container" can provide over 3X power actually needed?
I know I love spec too.
One of the most blessabke actions
We need to educate children not to have babies but to stay in school
Beautiful country
What about the appliances using elements
I hope they installed nickel iron batteries because they last 30+ years.
How much power is is produced by one (this) container/installation?
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So whats in the container and why is this system so special?
Batteries and other electrical components to store and transfer the electricity.
They need EV work trucks too.