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 Posted - 05 Oct 2006 : 19:01:58
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RURAL WOMEN TO BE TRAINED ON SOLAR ENGINEERING
By Annia Gaye
The collaborative effort between Riders for Health Gambia and the Barefoot College, India has brought up the idea of training two rural women as barefoot solar engineers in India. This idea came up when the Gambia was selected by the Founder of Barefoot College, India, Bunker Roy at the world Economic Forum held in Davo’s 2005 in consultations with Barry Colemen, Chief executive officer Riders for health.
Mr. Bunker Roy stated that the two selected women are Agi Camara and Mariama Badjie of Kafenkeng and Kankurang Village in Bondali District. These two women he said do not know how to read neither to write. He further disclosed that the two women would be trained as solar engineers within 6 months, and after the training, they would be able to install solar units, fabricate charge controllers and inventors in their villages as well as carryout repairs on the spot. He stated that Kankurang and Kafenkeng would be the first two solar electrified villages in the Gambia that would be technically and financially self-sufficient.
Mr. Bunker Roy discloses that another new innovative idea being introduced by the Barefoot College India in The Gambia is in the concept of “rooftop rain water harvesting.” He said the idea is to start two “rain water harvest project” in The Gambia in collaboration with Riders For Health, one at the Sulayman Junkung General Hospital in Bwiam. He said the second “rooftop rain water harvest tank” would be constructed with community support and expertise in Bullengart Village Primary School. The village of chief Bakary Dembo Badjie.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 85/2006, 4-5 September, 2005
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