Sustainable Communities in Central America and the Caribbean

Country: Antigua and Barbuda.

Sustainable Communities Pillar: Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency.

Project Title: An initiative to demonstrate Solar Energy at the community level and to bring widespread public education and awareness leading to empowerment and capacity building.

Grant Amount: USD$50,000

Implementer: Ruth's Place.

Objective: demonstrate Solar Energy at the community level. The project will educate and carry out wide public education and awareness showing households how they can begin to adapt to climate change by utilizing solar energy aimed at energy security. The methodology incorporates widespread demonstrations in low income communities on community structures to include churches, private schools or day care facilities.

Expected outcomes:

  • Demonstrations of 6 solar power systems in 6 community sites showing solar energy as a viable alternatives for electrical power at the community level.
  • Providing basic teaching and training through the involvement and participation in the applications of the technology to the women and youth. This will be a catalyst to create empowerment and capacity building in a new area of engagement.
  • Creating Knowledge and understanding, through wide public education and awareness.
  • Mobilization of the private sector to begin to develop partnerships leading to the creation of new enterprises.

Project Launch: