Green Empowerment

GREEN EMPOWERMENT WORKS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES BY DELIVERING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SAFE WATER.

WATER COMMUNITIES ACROSS LATIN AMERICA GAINED ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IN 2021: TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS, WE COMPLETED SYSTEMS THAT HELPED 8,700 PEOPLE GAIN ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IN THEIR HOMES, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 550 GAINING ACCESS TO IMPROVED SANITATION FACILITIES. ADDITIONALLY, WE REACHED 6,398 PEOPLE AT NINE REMOTE HEALTH CLINICS IN NORTHERN PERU WITH IMPROVED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICE THROUGH UPGRADES TO WATER AND SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAINING IN HYGIENE AND COVID-19 PREVENTION.

ENERGY GREEN EMPOWERMENT (GE) HAS BEEN WORKING WITH IN-COUNTRY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO IMPLEMENT CLEAN WATER AND ENERGY PROJECTS SINCE 1997. PRIORITIZING BOTH OUR PARTNERS AND OUR PLANET, GE COLLABORATES WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, RURAL COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, BUILD CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE, ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY AND LIFT FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY. IN 2021, GREEN EMPOWERMENT SUPPORTED A COVID-19 RESPONSE CENTER IN GAINING ACCESS TO RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY IN THE KAREN STATE, MYANMAR. IN ADDITION TO THE RESPONSE CENTER HOUSING A PCR-BASED COVID-19 TESTING MACHINE AND A MINUS 20C FREEZER TO ENSURE COLD-CHAIN MAINTENANCE, 30,000 PEOPLE ARE SERVED BY THESE HEALTH CENTERS' ABILITY TO OFFER IMPROVED SERVICES FOR COVID PATIENTS, EMERGENCY SERVICES, VACCINATION, DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND PATIENT REGISTRATION AND MEDICAL RECORD KEEPING. IN MALAYSIA, AS PART OF A CONSORTIUM OF ORGANIZATIONS KNOWN AS THE SABAH ENERGY ROADMAP, WE ARE SUPPORTING A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PLANNING. THE SABAH ENERGY ROADMAP IS INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCAL CONTEXT WITH SOPHISTICATED ENERGY MODELING AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. IN 2021 ALONE, THE CONSORTIUM WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE SPATIAL MAPPING OF MICROHYDRO, SOLAR AND HYDRO/SOLAR HYBRID POTENTIALS FOR OVER 400 REMOTE COMMUNITIES LIVING IN ENERGY POVERTY, AND CONDUCTED 200 COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND 40 TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GE STRIVES TO BUILD LASTING CAPACITY BY PROVIDING TRAINING, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS IN PARTNER COMMUNITIES. WE EMPOWER LOCAL LEADERS TO IDENTIFY, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT INTEGRATED PROJECTS THAT MEET THEIR SELF-IDENTIFIED ECONOMIC, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS. BY FOLLOWING OUR PARTNERS' LEAD, GE ENSURES THE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PROJECTS. IN INDONESIA, WITH PARTNERS WE DELIVERED A SERIES OF VIRTUAL MICRO-HYDRO TRAINING SESSIONS TO INDONESIA'S INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS. WE DEVELOPED TOOLS FOR A VIRTUAL TRAINING, AND SUPPORTED FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR PILOT PROJECTS IN THREE INDONESIAN PROVINCES. FINALLY, OUR LOCAL STAFF TRAVELED TO NORTH KALIMANTAN PROVINCE TO CONDUCT SITE ASSESSMENTS IN FOUR COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND LOCAL TECHNICIANS. DURING 2021, 706 PEOPLE WERE TRAINED AS COMMUNITY TECHNICIANS, 11,219 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING PROGRAMS AND 30% OF COMMUNITY WATER AND ENERGY COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP ROLES WERE FILLED BY WOMEN.