Teaching locals how to build & install Photo-voltaic cells

Carolina Barreto Cajina (agricultural and solar engineer from Nicaragua) teaching
members of Ji Duma/Afriq-Power how to set up the lighting system for the school

 

Daniel Dembélé preparing solar system regulator

 

Daniel Dembélé and Kareem Keita (official Banco trainee who will maintain
system once Ji Duma/Afriq-Power leaves) installing the regulator in the school
Director’s office

 

Banco trainees grounding the school system

 

Preparing to install the Malian produced solar panels on the Banco school

 

Installing panels to bring light to the Banco school
Daniel Dembélé, Doumbia and Mamadou Kuiyate from the new micro-enterprise and Ji Duma, as
well as two locals from Banco installed the two 35 watt PV modules that they made last week in
Bamako on the school. We ran a four wire two way cable between the two buildings since the
charge controller panel and battery are in the director's office. Everybody was quite excited to
have the light in the night.

Doumbia, Ji Duma employee, drilling hole in connector box while Carolina and
local Banco trainee looks on

Doumbia and Modibo, the second official Banco trainee, drilling wires for the
school’s lighting system

 

Banco school children in front of the school with 6 newly installed fluorescent
lights