Project Description Region: Africa Country: Malawi Location: Lilongwe Total Budget: $335,940 Areas of Focus: Community economic development, The environment One of the greatest contributors to poverty in Malawi is lack of access to clean energy or a constant source of electricity. Without a reliable energy source, children have less time to study in the evening, staff are exposed to respiratory health issues, there is limited productivity for staff, increased safety issues at night and children are not able to compete globally without access to technology. Deforestation and generating dirty fuels also have negative implications resulting in energy poverty. The impact of inflation and other global supply shortages has also escalated a significant increase in energy cost for dirty fuel that is typically used in diesel generators. Working with Children of the Nations (COTN) in Malawi, and World Light Africa (WLF) the project will address the COTN Malawi Njewa campus which houses 35 administrative staff and 200 students in secondary school. The Njewa campus requires a reliable energy source for administration, school operations, computer lab, general lighting, cooking, refrigeration, hot water and other needs. Daily rolling blackouts (of about 5 hours per day) are reducing effective campus activities. The main objective of this project is to fund Phase 2. Phase 1 -(Installed Dec 2022) WLA Centralized power system with battery capacity to cover daily blackouts, including daily monitoring for analysis and proactive maintenance. Phase 2 - Installation of a complete solar array to power the secondary school and all building on the lover campus that removes any dependance on local power grid. Project timeline: Fundraising, 6-12 months, Manufacturing (when 80% funded), 6 months, Shipping to Malawi, 2-3 months, Installation and Training, 4-6 weeks. Primary Host Partner District: 5020 Rotary Club of: East Bremerton Primary Contact: Jay Lovato Email: rotaryjay62@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 9210 Rotary Club of: Lilongwe Primary Contact: Robert Chikuse Email: wchikuse@gmail.com Project Status Need $244,200 This project needs to receive some pledges to go to the next level. Please check the "Financing" tab to see the list of current pledges. Once the amount pledged is equal to the project budget, the status of the project will be automatically changed to "Fully Pledged". Click here to pledge support for this project. Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2352628.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total East Bremerton (5020) 14-May-24 $5,200 $15,000 $20,200 Silverdale (5020) 3-Jul-24 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Poulsbo-North Kitsap (5020) 3-Jul-24 $5,000 $0 $5,000 Kingston-North Kitsap (5020) 3-Jul-24 $1,100 $0 $1,100 Fort Collins (5440) 23-Oct-24 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $244,200 - $244,200 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $20,000 $20,000 Additional Contribution (not matched by The Rotary Foundation) $25,440 Total $335,940 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee. Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format There are no documents yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload documents.

Project Photos There are no photos yet for this project. Go to the administration page to upload photos.

History Log Entries 3-Jul-24 by Jay Lovato System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 by Glenn Melin of the Rotary Club of Silverdale, District 5020. 3-Jul-24 by Jay Lovato System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 by Brenda Wall of the Rotary Club of Poulsbo-North Kitsap, District 5020. 3-Jul-24 by Jay Lovato System Entry: Pledge of $1,100 by Bobby Moore of the Rotary Club of Kingston-North Kitsap, District 5020.