By Daniel Pacheco | Project Leader
Thanks again for all your ongoing support and donations! Your ongoing support means we are going to e able to impact a lot more people than we originally thought we would!
On our last visit to the village we offered application forms for those interested in becoming entrepreneurs selling and servicing solar products. The turnout was overwhelming; especially considering that we were there on an important holiday, so we thought it would be difficult to gather people.
We installed a couple sample systems in the Live&Learn office so that people can come anytime to see the systems working and get a better understanding of how they work. We also did a few visits to local shop owners as well as many households to continue to understand their situation and present to the option of solar. We also went, to an area of the poorest families, were we intend to install the first 10 solar systems, before setting up the entrepreneurs.
The second day we had a workshop and invited anyone interested in becoming entrepreneurs. Our friends at Live&Learn have been promoting this weeks before our visit, so that people already knew what we were doing. We left them with application forms and a week later we had received 12 forms! The staff from L&L were very helpful in the selection process as they are the ones that really understand the dynamics of the village and have a relationship with the people already.
We have currently selected 2 entrepreneurs and are in the process of selecting the next two, by the end of the week. Our Staff will then go down to meet these 4 entrepreneurs, and set them up with donated systems for their shops/houses/boats, so they become familiar with the products and have a chance to use it before they sell it.
We are happy to announce that a GlobalGiving Representative will be joining us in our next visit early March to install the 10 systems in the 10 selected poor households as well as to do the initial training with the entrepreneurs. Enjoy some of the pictures from our last visit, and we will keep you posted after we visit the village again early next month!
THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!
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