Solidarity projects
Solar and solidarity solutions in support of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals
Did you know that? In Africa, nearly 650 million people have no access to electricity. These families use kerosene lamps or batteries, which are dangerous for their health and costly for their budget. Students have difficulty studying: “They come back without dealing with the exercise under the pretext that they do not have electricity at home”, explains a school director in a village in Burkina Faso. Economic activities are limited as soon as it gets dark, around 6 p.m. all year round. Solar lamps offer the opportunity for these families to access quality, sustainable and cost-effective lighting.
Perfectly adapted to solidarity projects, the collective charging station can simultaneously recharge 40 solar lamps. An innovative low-tech solution developed by Lagazel, the station is manufactured in Lagazel’s African workshops and in partnership with local training centers, thus contributing to the training of young people and the industrial development of the African continent.
Discover the projects carried out in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and other African countries.
Mopti region, Mali – February 2021 to November 2023
In Mali, another school benefitted from a collective charging stations project in 2021. Thanks to a decentralised cooperation agreement between La Fouillouse, a French town, and Soufouroulaye, a Malian village, two stations were installed within the school, and a total of 80 LK3000 lamps were distributed to the pupils in their last year, who are preparing their final exam. This [...]
Togoville (Vo 2), Maritime region, Togo – January 2022 to February 2023
The "From Waste to Light" program, launched in 2020 with our partner Moi Jeu Tri, has made new beneficiaries. The activities were replicated in a new town: Togoville (Vo 2), in 2022 and again in 2023. In 2022, 4 collective charging stations were installed in the principal's office of a public elementary school with several hundred pupils. 160 LK1500 solar [...]
Primary schools in Aneho – Maritime Region, Togo – January 2021 to January 2022
The aim of the "From Waste to Light" project is to improve educational conditions for pupils through access to lighting solutions, while positioning them as players in sustainable development. Conducted by Moi Jeu Tri, which specializes in waste management in Togo, in partnership with Lagazel, this innovative project was inaugurated in the presence of HE Mrs Jocelyne CABALLERO, Ambassador of [...]
Schools and pre-seminaries in Donga, Alibori and Borgou – Benin, September 2022 to January 2023
The association Burkina Kelegre multiplies projects in Benin thanks to the resale of Lagazel lamps in France! We have already told you about it: the association Burkina Kelegre, from Bretagne, distributes Lagazel lamps in France, and thus generates revenues that help finance solidarity projects in Benin. Between September 2022 and January 2023, 4 collective charging stations and nearly 500 lamps [...]
Kpalo-Bli Village – Sinoe County, Liberia – April 2019
In Liberia, 2 collective charging stations have been installed at the palava hut, the common house of the village of Kpalo Bli. Each family received 2 Lagazel Kalo 3000 solar lamps to light their house and charge their cell phone. 4 additional lamps are planned to light the palava hut during evening meetings. A person in charge of the follow-up [...]
Village platforms – Ruyigi, Kirundo, Rutana, Makamba, Rumonge provinces – Burundi – December 2019
In Burundi, 120 Lagazel charging stations and 6000 solar lamps have been deployed thanks to the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) and the Burundian Ministry of Energy, in order to bring light to 6 hills in the communes of Bugarama and Busoni. 50 platforms, each composed of 2 to 3 stations and a hundred lamps, have been installed within dedicated [...]
Villages of the Bijagos Archipelago – Guinea Bissau – March to November 2021
Project in an unknown land! For the first time, the Lagazel stations sailed to Guinea Bissau, and more precisely, to the Bijagos archipelago. 4 villages of these particularly isolated islands benefited from a charging station as well as about 40 lamps. Installed at the school when the locality had one, or at a trusted actor of the community's house, the [...]
Villages in the town of Glazoué, Benin – May 2022
With the support of the NGO Experts Solidaires, the Beninese association Esho Ko Iya has implemented a solar lighting project in the town of Glazoué. This initiative goes beyond the school: in addition to the collective charging station and the 40 LK1500 lamps made available to the students, 75 LK1500M lamps were financed for the benefit of widows in precarious [...]
Primary school in the department of Ténado, Burkina Faso – May 2022
A second project in Burkina Faso for the Bagoudibou association... A loyal partner of Lagazel, Bagoudibou is active in Senegal but also in Burkina Faso, in the Ténado department, where a first school was equipped with a charging station in October 2021. This first operation having been a success, and having made a lot of noise in the neighboring localities, [...]
School of Youtou, Casamance, Senegal – April 2022
In Basse-Casamance, an elementary school has been equipped with a Lagazel collective charging station, as well as 50 LK3000 solar lamps, by an association that works in the village of youtou for many years: the association Passerelle pour Youtou. As in many projects, the lamps were reserved in priority for the pupils of CM2, who are in exam class. Here, [...]
Fatick Region, Senegal – December 2018
In 2018, a solar charging station was installed in a school of the Fatick region, Senegal. Approximately forty solar lamps were distributed to teachers and pupils. Families started paying a small contribution each month. After two years, they will become the owners of their lamp, while their child leaves primary school. Thanks to this project, executed by the Fatick Regional [...]
Municipality of Ramongo, Burkina Faso – January 2020
H2O Sans Frontières takes action since 1998 in the region of Koudougou, in Burkina Faso, for water access and education in a cooperative approach. In January 2020, the association launched its first operation with collective charging stations and solar lamps. In collaboration with Emmaüs Région Sud, three schools of the town of Ramongo were equipped with stations and LK3000 lamps, [...]
Region of Thies, Senegal – November 2020
The French association Bagoudibou funded an operation with solar lamps and collective charging stations for two schools in the region of Thiès, Sénégal. In collaboration with the local NGOs APAF and ADEPE, the project was built including an awareness session per school to insure a proper use of the products by beneficiaries, and a good comprehension of the challenges of [...]
Municipality of Kombissiri, Burkina Faso – December 2018
In 2018, 8 charging stations were installed in a school of the Kombissiri town, in Burkina Faso. More than 300 solar lamps were distributed to pupils and teachers. Thanks to this project, carried by the French NGO Electriciens Sans Frontières and the Burkinabe association Aide & Action du Bazega, and funded by the SCAC French embassy in Burkina Faso, children can study at home, and [...]
