Welcome to Project Energy For Life Cameroon.
“Providing reliable electricity is the first step toward helping a community lift itself from poverty.”
Our Mission.
Our mission is to reduce multi-dimensional poverty in a rural Fondom in Cameroon.
Our method is to deliver an innovative combination of small-scale distributed solar power and a medical kit in a box to individual homes (up to 18 family members) to be followed by a system that includes access to healthcare, free community Wi-Fi, and digital justice.
Our goal is to create a scalable and sustainable model for better health and well-being that engages the community, improves education, and enables economic development with a system of justice.
In October 2022, Project Energy For Life Cameroon launched its Pilot Phase I.
Five boxes were delivered to Elak Oku in the North West Region of Cameroon, a village where the electrical grid hasn’t worked in nearly two years.
“In Cameroon, 84 out of 100 people have mobile cellular subscriptions.”
People in oku have to beg and borrow electricity to charge their Cell phones. Oku community radio is powered by a solar panel on the roof, and it allows free phone charging, shown below:
“Civilization has come to our village.”
kennette Tah konsum | project manager, OKU committee
Each box contains:
AN Individual USB-connected solar power KIT
designed by Bronco Power Boost
1 single folded solar panel (no installation needed)
2 x 18v lithium batteries
2 corded light bulbs for interior use
2 lanterns which function as portable lights or cell phone chargers
The Bronco hand crank for charging a cell phone without electricity
AND a medical FIRST AID kit
provided by Unite for Health
Basic First Aid (painkillers, Baby Tylenol, Neosporin, bandages, gauze, and BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages)
1 wrist blood pressure monitor
1 oximeter
1 digital thermometer
Notebooks and pens to record health information
Washable face masks for adults and children
Health education pamphlet
1 illustrated ABC place mat for kids
“We can see a brighter future.”
The Project Committee Chair:
HRM Fon Ngum IV of Oku.
HRM Fon Ngum IV was crowned in December 2021, a charismatic young leader with a law degree and an eye on the future. He wholeheartedly supports this project as part of an ambitious vision of a better life for his underserved people.
When he and the other families received their Project Energy For Life Cameroon boxes, he ordered a traditional reception at the palace in celebration.
Fon Ngum IV appointed a committee (of which he is the Chair) to receive and distribute the boxes, and ensure people know what to do with everything inside them.
The team includes an electrical technician to teach the correct setup of the solar equipment and a project nurse to help with the first aid kit and how to use the medical devices. Health education is vital to improving public health.
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