NICARAGUA SOLAR WATER PUMPING PROJECT
Location(s)
Northern parts of Nicaragua
Project Funding Date(s)
June 2010
Total Funds Disbursed
$40,300 (the aggregate for solar water pumping, solar ovens and efficient wood ovens)
Total Beneficiaries
Approximately 3,830 people (the aggregate of the solar water pumping, solar ovens and efficient wood ovens project components)
Project Delivery Partner
Local Partner/Organization
Centro Humboldt
Project Description
Throughout northern Nicaragua people are negatively impacted by little, or no, access to safe drinking water. In a region that regularly suffers from drought, and as rivers continue to dry up, people often face no other choice but to drink water from contaminated wells. In addition, to the obvious and immediate health effects, the lack of clean drinking water impacts the economic and educational development of the communities. Change for Children designed and developed a project, which has also received funding from CIDA, aimed at improving this situation through the deployment of water pumping and storage systems.
This project also introduced healthier and more efficient cooking technologies, providing solar ovens and efficient wood ovens to the communities.
Positive Impact
The funds provided were used to purchase a large portion of the energy equipment for the first year of the project, including one solar water pumping system, two 7.5HP electrical grid power water pumping systems, 142 efficient wood ovens (‘eco stoves’) and five solar ovens. The average family size in the region is 8 people, so in total, e4e’s funding helped provide improved access to modern energy for approximately 3,830 people.
