South Sudan rural electrification project

Abstract

Electricity is a rare commodity in the two year old independent country of South Sudan, in fact, less than one percent of the population have access. The use of diesel generators is the norm in urban areas, whereas the rural areas are virtually absent of electricity outside of flashlights, candles, and lamps. Without electricity, rural residents endure personal hardships that are hard to imagine in societies that take reliable and affordable electricity for granted. In South Sudan when it gets dark, students cannot study, shops must close, and essential tasks like cooking must be performed in the dark. Village Help for South Sudan seeks to contribute to the development and advancement of South Sudan by supporting the delivery of electricity to rural off-grid households with no current access to electricity.