File:CEFA and Rural electrification.pdf

CEFA’s commitment to rural electrification in Tanzania lasts since 25 years. In this period the organization has realized three mini hydro-electric power plants, providing electricity to hundreds of people living in the rural areas of the Iringa and Njombe Regions. Careful planning procedures for technical capacity, good institutional arrangements, managerial capacity and economic considerations, as well as multi-stakeholder involvement from the planning phase onwards, have resulted in the sustainable operation of the three hydro power plants. Such commitment in the sector continues still today, with a current upgrade project in Ikondo and the design of a new project in Ninga, allowing more and more families to benefit of the opportunities offered by having electricity in their villages.