Day 10 - Solar Project

The main focus of today was installing solar powered lights around the school. We started off by splitting Menlo and Banjika for a brief check-in at 8:00, followed by morning tea and Tanzanian snacks. Afterwards we mixed up and split into three groups: to plan how we would hang the solar lights around the school. Each group worked through communication barriers to design and present a plan to a group of teachers and students whom gave feedback such as: recommending the use of poles and ladders. Then we took a brief lunch break, while Wilson and Tim went to go get the materials we needed at the market. Following lunch we started work on the project, and continued working in our groups until completion around 4 o’clock. Each of our groups was assigned an area to work through to most efficiently light, for example around a water tank, on a street, and a dock for portable lamps. We had to work to balance some engineering troubles such as the need to protect the solar panels from the rain and the need to get as much access to sunlight as possible to power the lamps. Some troubles are as we were building the space for the lamps to be hung such as requiring a holster to hold the remote and protect it from the rain, and getting the solar panel to actually face the sky the whole time. This day may not have been as action packed as previous days, but the experience of helping the school was more than worthwhile because of how our work today set up a long term solution for a pressing problem in the school. Glad to keep y'all updated and we will see you soon to talk about today.

- Hunter & Joshua

                                                     

                          

















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