SLA Receives Funding From USAID to Support Renewable Projects

Renewable Energy Today, Dec 6, 2004

The Global Network of Environment & Technology (GNET) recently reported that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $300,000 grant to Leesburg, VA-based nonprofit organization Solar Light for Africa (SLA) to help fund its renewable electrification efforts in East Africa.

According to GNET, SLA will use the grant monies to support a solar installation at Uganda's Kakuuto Hospital as well as help institute a solar power system installation initiative for public facilities in Tanzania.

"In the health sector, electricity is essential for lighting hospital operating rooms, refrigerating vaccines and running diagnostic equipment," said USAID Office of Energy and Information Technology director Juan Belt. "In the education sector, electrification can extend the hours of study that students can devote to studying as well as the hours that a school can stay open."

(GNET: 11/30)