Solar Power to Villages in Karen State, Myanmar

Further development of the project to “Educate the State Government Staffs” and the “Installation of Solar Electricity Systems (SES)in the Ethnical Armed Group(EAG) areas“.

• Training of Trainers:For the 12 state staffs qualified as “Trainers” of “Solar Advisers” BHN and the State Government of KayinKaren had jointly issued Certificates of their qualification.

1. The “Trainers” are expected to train other staffs to become “Solar Advisers” to guide and educate villagers for the longer sustainability of solar systems that BHN and the State Government supplied.
2. By the middle of May, 12 State Government staffs could pass the examination by BHN for higher level of knowledge on Solar Electricity Systems.

• Electrification in the KNU(Karen National Union) villages:

The 1^st stage of installing 1,570 SESs into the households of villagers living in the areas of KNU has been almost completed and BHN is now conducting “Monitoring” works to listen to the voices from villagers to evaluate our achievement.

As the rainy season already started in Myanmar we have , from time to time, difficulties moving from one village to another, however, we expect we could finish our monitoring works in all the villages by the end of this June.

As had been referred to in our last project report , almost all the areas under KNU are still left without electricity and the people living there are in dire need of safe and bright light.

BHN is now discussing to start another project to install as many as 6,000 SESs to another villagers in need of electricity for them to feel the “Value of Peace”.

The next project is expected to start soon and we are also planning to furnish computer systems to a high school operating in the same area.