Grantee: Youth Assembly for Developing Human Resources |
Start Date: 7/2019 |
End Date: 12/2021 |
Objectives:
To provide a sustainable solution to improve the climate situation in Kafr El-Sheikh city and mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions, by raising the community awareness of energy efficiency, and reducing electricity consumption by using LED bulbs. |
Accomplishments:
- Lighting the main Nasr Square in Kafr El-Sheikh city with 20 LED spotlights.
- Illuminating the streets of the villages of Mataboul and Al-Tayfa with a number of LED headlights.
- The economic situation of thousands of citizens has improved as a result of savings in the electricity bill.
- More than 2,000 families benefiting from the project have used energy-saving LED bulbs.
- Qualifying a team from the association with technical knowledge to repair energy-saving devices.
- Reducing the rates of general consumption of electricity, which reduces the emissions resulting from power generation.
- Qualifying community cadres to spread awareness of global warming and its effects.
- Increasing public awareness of the importance of energy conservation, installing LED bulbs, and reducing greenhouse gases.
- The existence of a model of revolving loans that helps a steady increase in the number of beneficiaries.
- Finding a model of partnership between the different sectors of society to address local problems with a global mindset.
- The existence of sustainable environmental models and a model of partnership between the various sectors of society in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate.
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Communities:
Kafr El-Sheikh city, Mataboul village, Al-Tayfa village |
Partners:
The Directorate of Education, the local unit, the NGOs in the targeted villages |
Beneficiaries: 2000 families benefited from the sale of LED bulbs in installments, lighting the homes of 100 poor families with the saving bulbs for free |