Welcome to another marvelous Monday! What is so marvelous about it? It is another great beginning and beginnings are always full of potential and wonderful things waiting to happen. One of those things is a project that we will promote to you today. It is an innovative project about building a solar-powered computer lab in Guatemala by 
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.Cipresales is an isolated community that is hours away from the nearest electrical pole, medical clinic, and the marketplace. With no possibility of connecting to the electrical grid, people miss out on modern communications, news and market information. This leaves young people economically marginalized for generations to come. This project recognizes solar power as the solution to both health and productivity problems. Candles and kerosene lamps cause people respiratory damage and there is a great productivity increase when you actually have enough light to work. The objective of this project is to provide the 840 un-electrified rural villagers with access to electricity and a computer lab to reduce the economic and social isolation of their growing population. 140 families, 180 school children, and 7 teachers will directly benefit from the village’s first electrified building offering a publicly accessible charge station enabling parents to charge their cell phones and lanterns while children are in class.
The plan is to install 490 watts of solar power and a small computer lab at Cipresales Public School. A local woman entrepreneur offers free training on the importance of health, economic and environmental improvements that come from investing in small-scale solar power, a water filter, and eco-stoves at home and in public spaces. She also provides access to affordable solutions through nonprofit and social enterprise partners. Rural communities can now engage in modern communications and green technologies.
Solar electricity will also enable the school to host evening meetings and public events, increasing nighttime productivity in the home and in a public space. Children will have improved lighting to read by and study, projectors and music in their classroom will be a great addition too. Computers will be given to grades 4-6 to provide basic training in computer skills that include typing and internet research. The productivity of teachers and schools administrators is expected to improve significantly since they will now have access to more educational materials.
Here is what this project needs:
- Desks & Chairs for Computer Lab; Secure Doors & Windows for anti-theft; Feed and host work team and volunteers, Write a maintenance funding plan overseen by a recognized committee, Designate a savings account for a maintenance fund.
- $1,200 for solar panels & inverter
- $4,000 for technical staff & solar batteries
- Donated Laptop Computers
You can donate funds on Fundition and if you have any materials, laptops or other needed things, please contact the founder directly and arrange all the details.
The project is still in it early stage and every bit of your help will be greatly appreciated. They have organized their plans into 3 main activity groups:
Train 10 community leaders to
- prepare for the collaborative solar installation
- understand the capacity and maintenance protocol of this self-managed energy solution
- be empowered to install their own small-scale solar power system at home
Solar Installation
- Lights & Electrical Outlets in Classrooms and Community Meeting Space
- Power for 10-12 laptop computers
- Power for PA systems and projectors
Computer Lab Installation and connection to internet modem
THERE ARE BACKER REWARDS!
Depending on your level of donation, there are 4 backer rewards you can choose from. 4 different calendars to remind you that your lovely donation helped change the life of an entire community.
To read all about this project and learn how you can support it, visit it on Fundition.io by simply clicking on the link: Set up a Solar Powered Computer Lab & Lighting at a rural school in Guatemala and be sure to check the steemit profile to read about news and updates.
Mayan Power and Light is a self-sustaining development model that starts up women’s social enterprises who ‘pay it forward’ by training others and selling affordable life-saving technologies in needing regions. This empowers not only women but entire communities to learn and work on getting their lives better, easier, and more enjoyable. This sustainable local economy is inclusive to women, indigenous, rural and low-income people. Everyone is welcome and everyone will get access to affordable and appropriate technologies to improve health and economic productivity. This project does everything that Fundition promotes and stands for. It is building the Future right now, today. Open your hearts and donate. Your actions will have a long-lasting impact on people and their lives.
