Guadalupe Sec School, an all-girls secondary school run by the Clarissan Sisters of Sierra Leone, faced a major challenge: access to electricity. The school, which is off-grid, relied on a diesel generator, limiting available electricity hours and incurring high fuel and maintenance costs.

In September 2024, EKI installed a solar energy system at the school, solving this issue and significantly improving the conditions. Thanks to this installation, the students now enjoy more study time, online classes, and computer use, as well as lighting for evening study and refrigerators to preserve food in the cafeteria. Security has also been enhanced, with electricity in the dorm rooms and outdoor lighting.

This solar installation was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Susana Monsma Foundation, based in Spain, which funded the project to make it happen.

• NGO: Clarissan Sisters of Sierra Leone
• Impact: 700 students, 85 boarders, and 40 teachers
• PV Installation:36 panels of 445W each (total of 16KWp), 1 inverter of 15KVA, and 8 lithium batteries of 5KWH each (total of 40KWH)
• Social Impact:Improvement of the center's conditions, quality of education, and security of the center
• Project Situation:  In operation