Infrastructure

Where solar power flows, future can be created. Together with our local partner organisations, we implement projects that show how renewable energy is changing lives in Africa. In health centres, schools and refugee camps, climate-friendly energy supplies meet basic needs – sustainably and locally anchored.

Without electricity, many basic needs remain unfulfilled: no light for learning, no refrigeration for medication, giving birth in the dark. Energy poverty is a key cause of poverty, insecurity and a lack of prospects. People who are already disadvantaged – such as women and children – are particularly affected.

Solar energy provides charitable institutions with a reliable source of electricity. Together with our local partners, we plan projects that are tailored to specific local needs. To ensure that the systems work in the long term, we use robust, durable materials, train the local population in how to use the systems and organise professional maintenance. In this way, we create local responsibility, strengthen confidence in solar energy and lay the foundations for a stable, climate-friendly infrastructure.

The results are as diverse as the contexts in which we work: A solar system at a rural health centre in Togo provides light so that births can be safely attended even at night. In Kenya, widows operate solar-powered grain mills, generate their own income and thus remain independent. And in the Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya), solar panels on a school ensure that children can do their homework in the evening. Where solar power flows reliably, new opportunities are created: for health, education and economic self-determination.

Our infrastructure projects

Santé Solaire

Solar power brings light to rural health centers, which are often the first point of contact for women and children. This makes medical care safer - especially during childbirths and emergencies at night.

Solar Energy for a Refugee Camp

Solar power is changing lives in the Kakuma refugee camp: A school, a clinic, a water pump and families are supplied with electricity. At the same time, young people are being trained in solar technology.

62 Health centres

have already been solarised in our programme Santé Solaire. This has given 438,000 people access to better healthcare.

Even in remote areas, people should be able to meet their basic needs – and electricity is an essential part of this. Every project creates not only access to energy, but also confidence in sustainable, local solutions. Help us to bring light, security and opportunities to places where electricity changes lives.

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Light for Huiléhoé

Togo

Experience first-hand the installation of a solar system at a rural health centre in Togo: In this video, local people give a direct insight into the program Santé Solaire.

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