Kwatt Swap Drive
December 29, 2020
Here’s a great initiative, please encourage your local schools as well as individuals to engage in the switch off of electronics for 30 minutes on the 21st February and for people to donate £5 each to the cause. KwattSwap is setting upcoming events to help you play your part in providing a cleaner, greener future.
The company running the event on the 21st February states that your donation goes towards providing green energy generated through renewable sources that will power The Hope & Bright Future School in Nairobi and the Kabakel school in Gambia. We aim to provide the schools with a renewable power source that they don’t currently have. The schools will benefit from a greener future removing the need for their students studying under dangerous kerosene lamps as the only light source available to do so.
In Africa, they have an abundance of solar energy that could be used if they have access to the equipment to do so. KwattSwap aims to fit schools in Africa solar powered battery systems to combat the dirty energy problem.
A company (www.zhyphen.com) which The Gambia Partnership has been developing links with in Ireland has launched the ‘Watt Drive’ and they are asking UK residents to take part in a 30 minute switch from dirty energy to fund green energy for 2 schools in Africa, 1 in Kenya and 1 in Gambia. Earlier this year Zhyphen donated a full state of the art solar panel system to the school which we run in The Gambia which will allow us to run night classes for adults, install IT facilities as well as better serve the community.
Details of the event can be found here: https://kwattswap.org/the-watt-drive Plus home page link https://kwattswap.org
The idea is really simple, donate to the ‘Watt drive’ then decide on the appliances that will be used on the day for the ‘switch’? A great excuse to ask the kids to turn off their XBox, Playstation or even their mobile phone.
For schools who can support the event we will have e-flyers for circulation and push for participation in the ‘watt drive’ (although promotional material designed from the kids themselves work better). Every school who takes part can have their children/ students research how many of their community (family/friends) signed up then gather data on the number and type of appliances pledged for the switch.
Using our reference material on kwattswap.org they can begin calculating the reduction in kilowatts then converted to CO2 emissions.
As a result of their participation and once the data logging is complete we will ask the school to send us a blog with the results and the school will be listed on kwattswap climate champions roll of honour? From a schools perspective it is quite simple to engage with the Kwattswap watt drive and the benefits to the 2 African schools can be life changing for them.
The CEO of the company, William McWhirter told us earlier this year before lockdown he had the privilege of spending time with primary school children in a rural community in Scotland. William had about 4/5 weeks with them and this included a open day for family and friends. The project was so well received by the community and the feedback very positive around the concept of donation with a ‘sacrifice.’
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