 Foreword The pilot project SLAK was a great success. Not only can the villagers of Botbadjang now use their evenings to work and study but the whole village became a great attraction in whole Cameroon. The people villingliy drive 800 km to see the new wonder of Cameroon - electric light created by the sun itself! We receive new request every week to supply the poor rural areas with solar modules, the same as in the "Botbadjang-Model" like people call it in Cameroon. As to date, we have gathered 60 requests from schools, hospitals and villages to give a hand. We believe making a difference - step by step. The current Situation in Ndambog The little village Ndambog with its 250 inhabitatns lays ca. 260 km north from Douala, the largest port city in Cameroon. But you couldn´t find any traces of the sizzling city life of Douala in Ndambog: the villagers earn their meager living through agriculture, fishing and hunting and are deprived from the luxury of electricity. Then Cameroon is not capable to supply the whole country with electric light. An estimated number of 70% of the villages are cut off from the electric grid. Their only source of light is the harmful kerosene lamp which doesn´t allow the people to use modern technologies to earn their living. Hoping to find a better life in the cities, young people flock together in the slums of the cities where often even greater poverty and AIDS await them. What will we do The ISC Konstanz will donate the solar cells from which our partner Solarworld AG will manufacture the modules. The equipment will be shipped to Cameroon where a team of technicans will be trained exclusevly to handle solar modules. With input of the villagers, solar home systems will be installed in Ndambog and the people are explained the basic facts how to use it. The maintenance costs shall be covered by the villagers: they save 2 Euros per month either to pay the technican or just to expand the electrical system. Ideally, there should be not much to maintain because the solar modules have usually a guarantee of 30 years and as the practice has shown, an economic life-time of 50 years.
Goals of SLAK
 Together we will bring sun into the houses! |
