Problem Summary

Mwambezi village is located 12 km south of Mbala town in Northern Province of the Republic of Zambia. Over the years the people of the village have depended on firewood for energy. Today finding firewood is not easy anymore as the area is depleted of the right firewood trees. 

Further, for the longest time the village had no telephone services. Today because of mobile phone services and technology people in the village now have cell phones. The challenge, however, is that in order to charge the cell phones they have to walk 12 km to Mbala town. That is a lot of travel in a week as the phone has to be charged nightly.

Overall, there is opportunity to empower the people of Mwambezi village by helping them achieve power supply - which may be hydro or solar. The people would be empowered to use any technology that requires electric power in the school, medical clinic, community centre and homes. Renewable energy is essential in order to spur economic development at Mwambezi village.

The Solution  

Introducing solar power or installing power supply lines at Mwambezi village and distributing power to every property at the village. Once the distribution lines are installed, the Zambia Electricity Supply Compnay (ZESCO) will bring in power from the Central Grid.

Village Electrification Project Goals

1. To empower the people of Mwambezi village by providing them access to power supply
2. To enable the use of powered equipment, tools and appliances by the people of Mwambezi village
3. To improve the quality of life by empowering the people of Mwambezi village to use powered technology
4. To light-up Mwambezi village
5. To spur village economic development through electrification

Electrification Project Activities

1. Develop detailed solar power introduction plan for Mwambezi village
2. Identify solar power installation contractor
3. Mobilize the people of the village to participate in solar power introduction to the village
4. Implement fundraising plan for the electrification project
5. Hold liaison meetings with Zambia Electricity Supply Company 
6. Kick-off implementtaion of solar power introduction project

Budget

The budget for construction of electric / solar supply and distribution lines is $90 000.

Fundraising Appeal

Ntungo Noble relies on hundreds of donors making sizable donations which add up to the set financial goal. You can help to make this project a reality through your generous donation. Please kindly donate.

Anticipated Impact of Electrification Project

1. Will help reduce poverty by allowing the people of Mwambezi village to use power tools and equipment in their economic development endeavours.
2. Electrification will aloow the medical clinic to use medical technology that requires power thereby being mor effective at providing health care.
3. Electrification will allow the school to use educational technology for teaching

Appreciation of Your Financial Support

Thank you for your generous donation. Your donation will forever be appreciated by the people of Mwambezi village.

Donate any amount

Ntungo Noble treats every donation received as precious. This is reflected by using the names of the twelve precious stones. The use of the names of precious stones depicts that every donation received is an investment and goes towards building a precious stone foundation for protecting the people of Mwambezi village against poverty for many years to come. You can choose to make a precious stone foundation donation of any amount.

The following are the suggested precious stone foundation giving opportunities:

1. Jasper             +$90000
2. Sapphire           +$75000
3. Chalcedony    +$50000
4. Emerald         +$25000
5. Sardonyx         +$1000
6. Sardius            +$500
7. Chrysolite     +$250
8. Beryl              +$100
9. Topaz             +$75
10. Chrysoprasus +$50
11. Jacinth           +$25
12. Amethyst       +$10