Director,
T.E.(Terry)
Manning,
Schoener 50,
1771 ED
Wieringerwerf,
The Netherlands.
Tel:
0031-227-604128
Homepage:
http://www.flowman.nl
E-mail:
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and
"Money is not
the key that opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them"
Gesell, Silvio The
Natural Economic Order
Revised English
edition, Peter Owen,
“Poverty is created scarcity”
Wahu Kaara, point 8 of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, 58th
annual NGO Conference, United Nations,
The project provides for PV powered lighting for study purposes in each
of the 297 tank localities included in the project area. Few of the areas will
have a suitable study room so suitable rooms will have to be built to qualify
for the PV lighting. Study rooms will be built under the LETS local currency
system, and each of the LETS members in that tank area would be debited for
his/her share of the building cost. As an incentive to build study rooms, the
costs of the PV lighting have been included in the general project costs. Over
time, all 297 tank area groups may see fit to provide study areas for their
students. The tank commissions will be responsible for PV lighting in their
area
PV lighting and/or PV refrigeration facilities for clinics within the project
area would also be the responsibility of the tank commissions where the clinics
are located. The situation concerning schools or clinics outside the project
area serving in part users living within the project area presents practical
problems which will need to be discussed case by case when the project is
finalised.
PV lighting or power sources needed for productive purposes will be
financed on a case by case basis using micro-credit
loans.
Financing PV lighting or power
sources for (home) systems not used for production can be negotiated
between individual users and the Local Bank when those users have enough income
to meet the extra cost. The terms of the hire-purchase loan and lease
agreements for Solar Home Systems will be agreed with the local bank before the
project starts.
Cost of equipment
Cost of installation. Installation will be done under the LETS systems.
Total cost Euro
105.000
The project
coordinator may instruct the groups who have installed the water pumping
installations to carry out the PV lighting installations and maintenance in the
clinics under the local money LETS system.
05.44. 11 INSTALLATION OF PV
TELEVISION SETS (AND/OR COMPUTER SETS) FOR STUDY PURPOSES.
Some may wish to install a PV powered television set for educational use
as well. However, there are practical problems in managing TV sets, and these will
need further discussion when the project is being finalised. Purchase of a set may, for instance depend on
how much educational material is available in the local languages, whether the
study room supplied offers a suitable
weather-proof environment for the
television set, whether the set is adequately protected against theft, and
This is listed
pro-memorium for further discussion as there are some practical problems with
the use of TV sets.
In principle the tank
commission can approve the installation of a PV operated TV system (FOR STUDY
PURPOSES) provided:
a) A study room has been built and correctly protected against weather, dust,
and theft
b) Sufficient didactic material is available in the local language to justify
the installation of a TV set.
c)Whether the project is able to supply maintenance
back-up.
d)Warranty
is given that the TV set not be "confiscated" for purposes of
"comfort" for group vision of commercial TV programmes.
The funds necessary
for the installation in good faith of TV equipment and/or computer sets for
study purposes will be transferred from the project reserves, where funds are
provided for them in the balance sheet. These formal money funds are paid back
by the users into the Cooperative Local Development Fund over a reasonable
period of time agreed between the Project Management and the tank commission in
question. The rate of repayment may in some cases be the same for all tank
commissions, or it may vary from one tank commission to another on the basis of
the financial possibilities of the families served by each tank commission.
The project
coordinator may instruct the groups who have installed the water pumping
installations to carry out the PV lighting installations and maintenance in the
clinics under the local money LETS system.
05.44.
20 INSTALLATION OF PV LIGHTING AND/OR TELEVISION AND/OR COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN
SCHOOLS
This has been
indicated pro-memorium. Whether PV lighting is needed in schools in addition to
the PV lighting already included at tank commission level for study is unclear,
but the possibility of beginning evening adult education classes should not be
overlooked.
05.44.
30 INSTALLATION OF PV LIGHTING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS IN CLINICS
Three clinics have
been included within the project area, each having one refrigerator for
vaccines.
A budget of Euro
5.000 has been allowed for lighting and another Euro 5.000 for refrigeration in
each clinic.
Total budget PV
lighting and refrigeration in clinics: Euro 30.000
Cases where clinics outside
the project area serve users inside the project area are mentioned pro-memorium
and will need to be discussed on a case by case basis.
The project
coordinator may instruct the groups who have installed the water pumping
installations to carry out the PV lighting installations and maintenance in the
clinics under the local money LETS system.
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