District Council Administrative Buildings

• Donors: World Bank
• Location: Kambia Town, Kambia District, Sierra Leone
• Date Completed: August 2011
• System Size: 1000 Watts
• Direct Beneficiaries: 450
• Indirect Beneficiaries: 60000

Kambia District Installation

In late July to early August Mohamed and Sumu, with help from Jacob, assembled 60 solar panels onto their stands and mounted them onto the roof at the Kambia District Administration Building (one of six similar installations completed across Sierra Leone). This installation provided short-term employment to a team that also included five of EFO’s regular masoners and carpenters and some local tradesmen. On the 5th of August they switched on the lights for the first time, lighting up the brand new council building.  Preparation work also included construction of wooden shelves to hold the 30 batteries that store power for the system, wiring of the building and assembly of parts for the final installation.
 
According to Victor Kalie Kamara, the Chief Administrator of the Kambia District Council, the system will “reduce expenditure on fuel (for a generator) and increase reliability of electricity for the council.”
 
The solar system is a powerful system and at 10 kW will power the lighting, computers, fridges and other appliances for the large building that has a big hall, and over twenty rooms. EFO is proud to be associated with this installation and to see its staff contributing to such significant development initiatives in the sector. The staff have shown their expertise and competence in supporting the project technically and this reinforces EFO’s rationale that training local staff is fundamentally important in providing the capacity in-country to promote and implement solar technology in Sierra Leone.