Climate Action Greece Project #25390

Give solar power to refugees on Lesvos

by Movement on The Ground

Project Report | Jan 23, 2023
Solar Panels in Lebanon; Ending the Project.

By Pelle Keulen | Coordinator Projects & Partners.

As promised, Movement on the Ground has shipped the remaining solar panels to Lebanon. There, in a village south of Beirut, where 300 Syrian refugees have been living for ten years. Movement is starting up a new program to support this community. And with the arrival of the solar panels we are now providing electricity to a community that badly needs it. Thanks to the power provided, we will be able to charge personal devices and provide street lightening to increase the safety of the streets at night. This is just the beginning,but we have big plans to help both the refugees and the surrounding Lebanese community. Its the start of a new CampUS. And your original donation helped make it possible. For that, we thank you.

]We have created a great video showing the new location.Unfortunately we cannot upload the video directly, but I encourage you to check it out with the link below. We are also now closing the project, as it has been running for a long time. To all our donors, thank you for your support, and we hope that you will consider supporting our other projects. If you are specifically interested in helping out new program in Lebanon, we will soon upload a new project to make this possible.We Never stop Moving!

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Video of Movement's efforts in the new camp in Lebanon!

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Dec 29, 2022
Solar power: A grand succes!

By Pelle Keulen | Coordinator Projects & Partners.

Sport's activities next to the clubhouse.

It has been a long time since we have given an update on this project, for which our apologies. Since the winter of 2019, a great deal has changed on the island of Lesvos. Following the fire in Moria in September of 2020, Movement on the Ground moved with the refugees to a new camp to continue to support the community. The solar panels surived the fire, and many came with us to the new camp, where they continued to provide continuous power to those in need.

Eventually however, new construction was completed, and we succeeded in transferring the responsbillity of the provision of power to the Greek Camp Management. As a consequence of this, there only remains one primary location where we make great use of the solar panels. This location is our sport clubhouse on top of the hill in the middle of the camp, next to the Cruyff Court. At this location all the residents can freely play sports, participate in football tournaments, or come to watch a match. Many of the programmes for kids in the camp are also serviced from the clubhouse. Thanks to the power provided by the solar panels, warm tea and coffee is available at all times, and the lights stay on.

And the remaining solar panels? With how important the original solar panels were, we can't leave them gathering dust. We have shipped the solar panels to another refugee camp, where we will be installing them as soon as possible, toonce again to benefit those who need it. In this way, your donation continues to benefit refugees around the world. Of course, as soon as the solar panels are installed, we will share this progress with you, the original donors, before we close this project. Thanks to you, we continue to help the people most in need. Thank you so much!

The Clubhouse, with Solar Panels in Support.

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Oct 22, 2019
Winterization on Lesvos

By MJ Kwon | Project Support

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