Village Infrastructure Angels

VIA’s goal is to provide energy for lighting and productive uses to offgrid communities in developing countries

Grantee Details

Name of project: Solar Light Industrial Centres (SLICs)

Project location: Vanuatu

Type of grant: Seed

Grant awarded: September 2015

Partners: Telecom Vanuatu Ltd (TVL) and ACTIV Association

VIA’s goal is to provide energy for lighting and productive uses to offgrid communities in developing countries. The use of telecom services and infrastructure has been well proven for small consumer-level loads like lighting, phone charging and TVs, but not yet for community-level productive loads such as agro-processing mills, refrigeration and carpentry tools. Vanuatu suffered a direct hit by a massive typhoon in March 2015, and these solar powered Light Industry Centres will help with reconstruction efforts.

Resources

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