Solar center near Bama (planned)
100% solar!
Project for a training center
for solar technology in Bama
named "Solar competence"
Production of
Solar Lighting
Pumps for water tanks
Solar ovens, parabolic cooker, solar dryers, hot water collectors and efficient wood stoves (foyers améliorés)
the locations of our partners are indicated in orange (click for extended view)
Each house's airy design is adapted to the local climate.
location
Current and past projects
Progress in the following five areas targeted by notre soleil suisseis essential for better living conditions and sustained economic development. In all 5 areas, solar technology offers sustainable solutions.
Local access to good quality drinking water ► solar water pumps
Primary health care (health centers, maternity wards) ► Lighting, water heaters, refrigerators
Energy for cooking, water heating and food preservation ► Parabolic cookers, solar ovens, water heaters, dryers for families and communities
Improved training and education opportunities ► solar lighting (schools, teacher accommodation)
Improving private and collective communication ► Solar power for radio and television as well as for mobile phones, see also energy kiosks
A parabolic cooker
A mobile phone charging station in a solar kiosk’s kitchen area
Solar Energy Kiosks
Made for remote villages, the kiosks are bistros offering food (the kitchen also features a freezer), a mobile phone charging stations, and a TV set for public viewing. They are run by a “grand maire solaire” and have an important social in encouraging social contacts
Workshops with groups of women learning to cook with a solar oven, «Papillon» parabolic cookers and «Foyers améliorés» (improved wood stoves); here in the courtyard of Fatoumata Traoré
Women community gardens with solar pumps («forages»). Irrigation makes it possible to grow vegetables and thus generate income all year round. Image: Initiant Fatoumata Traoré at the fence of the Rehobot school garden
The Emmaus school building with freshly planted trees
Workshop for portable “foyers améliorés” in the courtyard of Fatoumata Traore
The orphanage Le Nid now benefits from solar lighting
Solar kiosk in Songo2
Literacy course for young people
Lighting for social institutions such as churches, schools, outpatient clinics, orphanages- Solar lighting in the church of Dinderesso
Elisabeth Bado, President of the Widows' Association, in a bissap field, ready to inspect newly planted trees
Two bissap flowers for tea or syrup production
The widows' association takes care of its Zebu herd; the dung will go to a biogas plant
Various vocational training courses are offered to inmates of the juvenile prison
Water transport for the Emmaus local school in Bobo-Dioulasso
Drilling for a solar water pump in the Guénon school garden
The school garden at the Guenon Lyceum gets a solar pump
The Guénon Maternity Hospital and Outpatient Clinic (CSPS) have been given solar lighting
Biscuit production in Mrs. Veronique Somé’s solar oven
Mr. Asso demonstrating the use of a solar furnace in Koudougou
Visit to the godchildren