Installation of eleven photovoltaic plants to provide electricity to external urban areas and small public buildings in every village. The project also envisaged the automation of an existing manual well, so that it could irrigate the cultivable land nearby one of the villages.

Eventually eleven plants were installed, extending the electrical supply to eleven villages. The successful electrification of the manual well in the village of Dalak 2 has optimized and increased the water supply; which it is now dedicated to the irrigation and cultivation of one of the adjacent land. The area’s perimeter is also specifically delimited and fenced.

Installation of eleven photovoltaic plants to provide electricity to external urban areas and small public buildings in every village. The project also envisaged the automation of an existing manual well, so that it could irrigate the cultivable land nearby one of the villages.

Eventually eleven plants were installed, extending the electrical supply to eleven villages. The successful electrification of the manual well in the village of Dalak 2 has optimized and increased the water supply; which it is now dedicated to the irrigation and cultivation of one of the adjacent land. The area’s perimeter is also specifically delimited and fenced.

The aim of the project was to improve the local population’s living conditions through the installation of ten photovoltaic plants that could guarantee public lighting in the outskirts of each village, of some schools and of a small health-center (Case de Santé ) used to perform first aid assistance and where local women give birth.

Thanks to this intervention, the villages’ inhabitants could finally enjoy the light of the street lamps in the evening; prolonging their activities such as reading, working, playing, studying, etc even at night.
The illumination of the health post, although it is not attended by professional doctors, has led to an improvement of the community’s health conditions, as it was possible to operate with good visibility even at night.

Total beneficiaries of Teo Tanturli’s project were 3257 people: 1104 men, 917 women and 1346 among young people and children.

The project had two main objectives: to implement eleven photovoltaic plants to supply public street lamps at the service of rural communities; as well as the electrification through PV of an existing manual well, unexploited because of poor extraction capacity. The well’s automation allowed the irrigation of a cultivable land.

All the interventions planned have been constructed and welcomed with great enthusiasm by the local communities; as they could enjoy the benefits of having electricity in public spaces. The automated well now allows the extraction of about 10,000 liters of water to be used for the irrigation of 5,000 sq m cultivable land, designated to grow vegetables. All agricultural activities are entrusted to a community of women, specifically trained by a local partner agronomist, Lamine Diouf. It is their responsibility to decide on the most suitable crops, not only for subsistence, but also to be sold in the market and in new commercial channels.

The aim of the project is to build five wells in five different villages, accessible also by neighboring communities, so to reach about 5,000 people. Each well is able to ensure the extraction of 10,000 Lt of water per day and thus encourage the cultivation of five hectares of land. The preliminary morphological study also helps to preserve the aquifer from the risk of depletion.
The agricultural activities’ management will be entrusted to women’s cooperatives, specifically trained by the local agronomist, Lamine Diouf. It will be their task to identify the most strategically suited crops, not only to meet the minimum level of subsistence, but also to be sold in different commercial channels.

The five wells have been successfully  constructed, so to supply 50,000 liters of potable water every day to 5 different villages and foster the cultivation of nearby fields. As originally planned, agricultural activities have been assigned to women of local communities, duly trained and organized into cooperatives. Agricultural products are going to be sold via different commercial channels, also identified in cooperation with international and local organizations that EPS met during April 2018 mission.

Lamine Diouf, Serigne Mor Nguirane and Bamba Djitte were also indicated as responsible for the maintaining and monitoring of all the wells, gardens and 36 photovoltaic plants installed during these eight years of activity.

Thanks to the donations of Careggi Hospital (Florence), EPS provided a new ultrasound and several medical supplies to Merina Dakhar’s health center.

The project aimed to improve Kelle health care’s facilities and to ensure a constant and reliable electrical supply, especially at night. In this way, more effective health services can be provided, and consequently improving the inhabitants’ living conditions.

Thanks to the system EPS has installed, the health post now operates without fearing disruptions in the electrical supply. This has resulted in an improvement of the users’ health and living conditions, who can now benefit from adequate services

Thanks to the installation of four photovoltaic plants, the project aimed to improve the local communities’ living conditions and to guarantee public lighting in the villages’ main squares. The project also aimed to train a local installer, hoping that this transfer of know-how could trigger local entrepreneurship, i.e. forming a cooperative of technicians in the future.

Once the four PV plants were successfully installed, the main squares of each village were finally able to see a new light. The novelty was welcomed by an overwhelming enthusiasm of the inhabitants, especially by the children. Thanks to Armando’s lessons and training, Oumar Konate was able to actively support the plants’ installation and became the logistical and operational contact of EPS in Senegal.

Thanks to the support and donations of Careggi Hospital (Florence),  it was also possible to supply medicines and other medical material to the Hospital Center of Thies.