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Challenge:!

• People have no access to medicines or vaccines that require cool storage

• There is no running drinking water

• The only alternative energy source are expensive, inefficient and polluting diesel generators

• No electricity is available, neither to households or retailers (energy poverty)

• Economic development is virtually non-existent and the young people are migrating to the city in search of better jobs.

• Unemployment is currently 65%.

• Food from the harvest season cannot be stored or processed which results in high malnutrition

YELE IS A RURAL VILLAGE IN SIERRA LEONE WHERE:

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Solution

1. Deploy Renewable Energy:We help refurbish the vandalized hydro power plant to bring electricity and economic growth to the community.

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2. Build Community BazaarWe build a central market place for small shop-owners to use electricity for income generation.

Together with a local NGO the LionHeart Foundation, we are refurbishing the hydro power plant in Yele. Deploying electricity in rural areas will address aforementioned problems. However, the World Bank has identified that rural electrification alone does not guarantee economic development. Small and medium enterprises (SME’s) need to be empowered to ensure economic growth and sustainability of the rural community.

The Community Bazaar will provide electricity and convert it into useful facilities for shopowners: refrigeration, light, clean drinking water and internet. Facilitating the productive sector as well as the residential market has been shown to be crucial for cost recovery. The emphasis of the Community Bazaar is on the direct income-generating uses of energy.

Architectonisch concept YELE Community Bazar 27-04-2010

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IDEA: Community Bazaar!

Entrepreneurial Coach

Community Bazaar: part of a comprehensive solution to catalyze economic development in rural Sierra Leone, using renewable energy.

1. We construct the bazaar and provide key facilities:ELECTRICITY - WATER - COOLING SYSTEM - INTERNET - TOILET -

2. The local entrepreneurs will do the rest:PHARMACY - INTERNET CAFÉ - FOOD PROCESSING SHOP - MOBILE PHONE STORE AND CHARGING POINT - GARMENT SHOP - MECHANIC - PALM OIL PRODUCTS - WELDING SHOP - BANK - ICE CUBS VENDOR

3. With the help of the ENTREPRENEURIAL COACH that we will provide

Bundling the delivery of electricity with other services or coordinating rural electrification with other development programs has been shown to magnify its effect on income.

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The Market!

SIZE:

21,000 = 6,000 in Yele + 15,000 in neighboring villages Maruko, Magbare, Mabaime, and Makali. If pilot is successful, then other villages too.

TARGET GROUP... ...of entrepreneurial coach: 16 shopowners + 1 manager...of bazaar facilities: 16 shopowners...of value-added products: community of Yele + Maruko, Magbare, Mabaime, and Makali

The productive use of energy in the Community Bazaar is expected to result in increased rural productivity, greater economic growth, and a rise in rural employment, which would not only raise incomes but also reduce the migration of the rural poor to urban areas.”

Suggestion Board will be placed on land chosen for community bazaar so that people can suggest shops they would like to see. The shops will be given

votes by the community to make the final choice, though priority will be given to the shops that address Millenium Development Goals

Growth: Currently, only the 3 main cities (Freewtown, Bo, and Kenema) have power. People are already moving into Yele from surrounding neighborhoods because of the palm oil mill and health clinic installed by the LionHeart Foundation. Electricity will only catalyze this trend.

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Impacts!

• Creation of 16 local businesses that will bring jobs to at least as many people

• New products and services will be available and will have a big impact in the community (cool drinks, internet, study room, processed food, medicines, etc.)

• Productivity will increase which will benefit both the shop owners and the community [In India income of farmers increased with 68% on average due to rural electrification programs (power and light)]

• Medicine and vaccines that need refrigeration will become available in the pharmacy to serve 21,000 people in the area (e.g., measles and tetanus toxoid vaccine).

• A food processing shop could drastically reduce malnutrition, as pasteurization, refrigeration and other food conservation methods could make food available all-year round.

• A bank branch (we’re currently negotiating with Ecobank) will be put in the bazaar. All people in Yele will then have access to a financial services.

• Clean drinking water from the water purification plant will become available at the bazaar, which can potentially reduce water born disease cases in the community.

• The Bazaar will magnify the community feeling being a regional center for people to interact, meet and make business.

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The Team !

Mauricio Gomez (maugomez@mit.edu)Technology and Policy Program MIT, Class of 2012. Main responsibilities: community integration and shop selection.

Team Leader: Anna Delgado (adelga@mit.edu)Technology and Policy Program MIT, Class of 2012.Main responsibilities: water integration and entrepreneurial coach

Antal van Kolck (avankolck@gmail.com)Double Masters in Applied Physics and Management of Technology. Class of 2010. Main responsibilities: business development and communication.

Paul van der Boor (paulvanderboor@cmu.edu)PhD in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Class of 2013Main responsibilities: hydropower integration and fundraising.

Bai Sunthuba Osara III – Paramount Chief of the Tonkolili District, Sierra LeoneDrs. F.J. Nederlof – President of the Lion Heart Foundation, local NGO.

Local Partners and supervisors of the project:

Please read our proposal for more information about the project and visit our page to know more about us!!

http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/teams/view/154