Solidarity projects in Senegal
Senegal’s education level improves thanks to rechargeable solar lamps in schools.
To achieve the goal of universal access to energy by 2030 and significantly increase the share of renewable energy in the national energy mix, as Senegal has committed to do in the framework of the Energy Efficiency Plan, the country relies both on government programs and private initiatives. (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/fr/energy/).
Thus, the National Agency for Renewable Energy (ANER) has conducted in 2021 a project to install recharging racks with 40 solar lamps at school level. The project has improved the level of education in the school by allowing students to do their homework in the evening in good conditions, thus contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal n°4 aiming at ensuring access to quality education for all.
Other similar projects promoting the Lagazel collective charging station were born from collaborations between non-governmental structures and local authorities. This is the case of the project in the school of Diaglé (Fatick region in Senegal) implemented by the Regional Development Agency of Fatick and the NGO Initiative Développement within the framework of a cooperation project with the New Aquitaine region, or the project led by the NGO Le Partenariat, which is deploying collective charging stations in schools in the Saint-Louis region in northern Senegal, thanks to funding from associations such as Schola Africa or companies such as La Compagnie fruitière as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.
In Senegalese schools, we can also mention the commitment of the NGO Energy Assistance to install collective charging stations in a school in the Kaolack region thanks to funding from the ENGIE group and its Foundation, which has helped increase the success rate in end-of-cycle exams, or Electriciens sans frontières, which has enabled 50 schoolchildren in Lompoul-sur-mer to benefit from solar lighting.
Generally, awareness sessions are organized in the schools to ensure the proper use of the equipment by the beneficiaries, as well as a good understanding of the challenges of solar energy, and follow-up visits several months after the installation ensure the sustainability of the project. This was the case for the project led by the association Bagoudibou in two schools in the region of Thies.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
