Building Bridges Network

According to Action Aid, “In Sierra Leone 34% of
people have access to clean water and sanitation. Over 430,000 primary school-aged children in Sierra Leone are out of school. Although many schools were rebuilt after the war, there is still a chronic lack of water and sanitation inside the schools. Without running water or toilets, children are forced to leave classes in search of drinking water, and are often forced to drink from contaminated streams. Nearby bushes are used as latrines, which increases the spread of disease. Girls often feel uncomfortable sharing toilet areas with boys, and so many stay away from school. Many more children are too busy fetching water for their families to attend school.”

Therefore, BBN will engage rural communities that face the challenge of water and sanitation. BBN will accomplish this work at a grassroots level.

n rural Africa, electricity is a luxury and not a necessity. This has contributed to undue hardships in poor rural areas. Facilities like health clinics, schools and libraries (where there is one) do not have electricity. Health clinics lack the capability to store medicines for locals; furthermore, children lack electricity to study and read in the libraries after school hours. 

BBN wants to help these rural communities by providing access to electricity through solar (photo voltaic), wind and other renewable forms of electricity with the cheapest means.