“The worst was seeing a new-born baby suffering because of the smoke produced by kerosine lamp, and I couldn’t do anything because we didn’t have reliable source of power, but thanks to ELICO Foundation for providing this solar system which not only provides enough lighting for our facility but also power lab equipment and refrigerator for storage of vaccines and other life-saving medicines”

“The revival of the solar mini-grid in Leganga village brought with it many business opportunities for the local community. Thanks to ELICO Foundation for its great support to local entrepreneurs who want to realise the economic benefits of rural electrification in our villages, Local entrepreneurs can easily access Income Generating Appliances and business advisory support to realise their business ideas.”

“Honestly, I must say my cooking has been made so easy and efficient… I really enjoying spending time in my kitchen. Although the electricity bill has increased a bit, I believe I have saved a lot compared to other source of cooking energy”

“These mobile solar pumps are friendlier to small-scale farmers who do not have enough money to build irrigation systems…I have farmers who uses these pumps they are doing well and the productivity has improved,”

“We used to wake up early in the morning around 5:00, fetch water from a well dug in a certain corner of the farm and carry by hands or heads and irrigate the whole piece of land, I remember I used to spend at least five hours irrigating my half-acre every day and sometimes you don’t finish the work because of fatigue but now thank to ELICO, I wait for the sun to raise and start irrigating my farm using mobile solar water pump”