Woke up in the middle of the night to some stomach problems that would persist the rest of the day. This is pertinent for two reasons: first, it made for interesting transit over the rough dirt roads to Mbola, the Millennium Village. Second, it prompted me to ingest one of the Ciprofloxacin pills the nurse at Columbia had prescribed for such occasions. This lead to freezing cold uncontrollable shaking (think cartoon alarm clock) and substantial nausea in the middle night. I fully expected the typical traveler’s stomach bug but didn’t expect to be rid it so quickly (by morning) thanks to that pill. Unfortunate side effects though.
Like I mentioned, we made our first trip to Mbola to visit the Mpenge cluster. Our predecessors had narrowed the potential first sites for SharedSolar installations to three and I wanted to get a picture of what they were like. We met Pilijumanne, one of the village council members, and were shown around to all of the homes that would potentially be connected to our system. I took a handheld GPS unit to collect points at the potential shed sites and all the homes. SharedSolar has been stalled in Mbola up until now, and we’ve heard that the people have asked quite a lot about us and when we’ll be coming to connect them. Our next objective for site preparation will be survey work to determine who is able and willing to pay our connection fee ($60 USD) and for their consumption. The connection fee covers a very small part of the installation costs and serves to instill a sense of ownership of SharedSolar in the community.
Like I mentioned, we made our first trip to Mbola to visit the Mpenge cluster. Our predecessors had narrowed the potential first sites for SharedSolar installations to three and I wanted to get a picture of what they were like. We met Pilijumanne, one of the village council members, and were shown around to all of the homes that would potentially be connected to our system. I took a handheld GPS unit to collect points at the potential shed sites and all the homes. SharedSolar has been stalled in Mbola up until now, and we’ve heard that the people have asked quite a lot about us and when we’ll be coming to connect them. Our next objective for site preparation will be survey work to determine who is able and willing to pay our connection fee ($60 USD) and for their consumption. The connection fee covers a very small part of the installation costs and serves to instill a sense of ownership of SharedSolar in the community.
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