Speaking at the inauguration of the “Workshop for Fiji’s Solar Engineers and Village Solar Committees” in Suva yesterday, Dr Luveni said solar cell-energy have arrived last month and the solar grandmothers will be learning skills in financial literacy and management to successfully carry the project to completion and sustainability.
The 10 grandmothers about solar wafer who graduated from the Barefoot College in India last September after completing six months of training will return to their villages and set up solar panels lighting up ten villages in Kadavu, Cakaudrove, Macuata, Bua, Ba, and Ra provinces. “The grandmothers will develop individual solar installation work plans for the ten villages.
The committees are made up of a group of people that the villagers identified as committed, responsible and highly respected for their leadership skills”,about solar cell Dr Luveni said. She also announced plans for the development of a Regional Barefoot College in Fiji which is currently in progress through cabinet approval and partnership with Ministry of Youth and Sports.
