Scroll down to view images and videos from our six Round 1 projects.
Solar systems installed by the Lighting up WASH project light up community spaces in Finschhafen
Children make the most of solar lighting in Finschhafen
The Light for Life project aims to improve health outcomes for approximately 225,000 people
The Pawa Bilong Kirapim Raikos project installed solar systems in some of Rai Coast’s remotest villages
Technical teams installed solar systems in 140 Rai Coast villages
Pawa Bilong Kirapim Raikos is powering more than 12,000 homes and 781 streetlights in 140 villages
One of 1,104 Solar Champions trained by the Pawa Bilong Kirapim Raikos project to maintain the solar systems in the years ahead
More than 12,000 Rai Coast households have access to clean, affordable electricity
Studying by lamp light used to be commonplace in New Ireland’s Namatanai District
Nancy Apelis and Miriam Enoch, residents of Dabonot Village, New Ireland, make the most of solar power in the evenings to prepare food to sell at the market
Belinda Ricky, Pawa Bilong Niu Ailan project Solar Champion. The project brought solar energy to 9,000 households and 76 community facilities and is powering 151 streetlights in Namatanai District
A PKP Project Manager explains how the Light for Learning project is supplying solar energy to 37 remote villages in Morobe’s Huon Gulf District
The Light for Learning project installed solar systems for 8,095 homes and 273 community facilities across Huon Gulf District
Noelyn Kahata, a Grade 7 teacher at Laukanu Primary School, has already seen a renewed commitment to education – “After I ring the bell, I can hear the parents telling all the children to get back home and do their readings”
With solar energy lighting up their homes, children in Huon Gulf District can study whenever they want, for as long as they want
Solar streetlight in Raikos shows the way home