Solar eCenter

FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION, E-LEARNING, AND ENTREPRENEUR SUPPORT

Each Solar eCenter would be custom configured and would include one or more of the following capabilities:

• an Internet café (email, web-searching, etc.)
• a business center (video-conferencing, word processing, printing, etc.)
• an educational center (language and literacy classes, health and hygiene classes, computer/connectivity training, vocational training, etc.)
• a community center (meetings to discuss community needs, support groups for vulnerable populations, etc.)
• an entrepreneurs’ support center (facilitated contacts with mentors and partners, access to market information, financial and accounting services, video archiving of oral contracts, etc.)
• an agricultural extension center (advice about farming practices, plant and animal health, etc.)
• a project management center (training, mentoring, and technical support for local managers, facilitation of remote monitoring and technical support, etc.)
• a base for rural health workers (training, facilitated interactions with call centers and hospitals, etc.)

The Solar eCenter concept was developed by the CEGHS partnership.