Micro Hydro Power for 1,000 People in Philippines
Micro hydro power Philippines
Summary
A community-based micro-hydro power (MHP) system will be installed to provide household lighting and run community-based corn mill enterprises allowing people to secure food and income.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Datalnay & Dlumay communities face food shortages for three to four months each year. Many members of the community make only $6 a month. When there is a surplus of food, village members carry heavy sacks of corn up to eight hours away to be sold at the nearest mill to earn supplemental income. The corn mill powered locally by hydro power willincrease community prosperity and health. To counter climate change and preserve the water resource, a nursery will be set up and 15,000 trees planted.
Activities
Technical design and civil construction are complete. The local non-profit SIBAT will facilitate turbine & generator installation, and start tree nursery and planting. The community will provide labor and be trained on operation and maintenance.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,225
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $12,775
Total Funding Goal: $15,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Economic Development: Electricity will provide lighting two communities, A grain mill facility will be built and run by a cooperative, and help pay for maintenance of the plant. Climate change impact will be mitigated by planting thousands of trees.
Project Message
"We want to use electricity to power a corn mill near to us...so that we don't have to spend hours for a bag of corn to the nearest milling center miles away"
- -- Indigenous peoples, from Dlumay and Datalnay
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Michel Maupoux Maupoux
Program Manager
Green Empowerment
140 SW Yamhill St.
Portland, Oregon 97204-3007
United States
(503) 284 5774
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Organization
Green Empowerment
140 SW Yahmill Street
Portland,
Oregon
97204
United States
503-284-5774
http://www.greenempowerment.org
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Where this Project is Located
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Philippines
and can also be found under 
Climate Change (GG Green).
For more information about Philippines, read the Human Development Report on Philippines or the Wikipedia entry for Philippines.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 17, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
Equipment on its way
By Michel Maupoux - Program Manager, August 17, 2009 02:51 PM
The villagers are patiently but eagerly awaiting the equipment.
We hope to receive photos soon and be able to post them.
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