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Milestones of SJedi
Sales and Social Impact
Over 8000 improved ICS distributed since 2011, improving the health of over 30,000 women and children, saving Liberian families over $120,000 in fuel costs in three years, and preventing over 40,000 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere since 2011. Over 2,000 solar pieces distributed since joining RREAs “Lighting Lives Liberia” program in 2015.
2022
Awarded $150,000 PAOP Grant to establish 10 Productive Use Centers (PUCS) through Nimba County. The PUC is a community Green Energy Hub that provides solar power for Rice Milling, Vehetable Processing, Ag. product Dryer, Cold Food Storage, Internet Cafe, Kitchen with E-pressure Cookers (EPC), Phone Charging Station, Clothes Wash Machine and dryer, and other Productive Uses of Energy
2021
Awarded $600,000 AECF grant to distribute thousands of PAYGO Solar Home Systems throughout Liberia
2020
Installed Solergie Box Solar Nano grid around Liberia. Each Solergie Battery pack and solar panels connects multiple homes and business with electricity, providing low-cost nano-grid power. Sjedi maintains 15 Solergie Boxes to support energy needs of rural and per-urban communities
2019
SJedi partnered with Mercy Corp Intl and Lonestar Telecom to distribute 512 PAYGO Solar systems in rural Liberia, Bong, Gbarnga, Nimba, and Margibi counties. The PAYGO allows customers to make small monthly payments toward owning their system. Customers can use mobile money system utilizing their cell phones to make payments.
2018
National Improved Cookstove Liberia Launch, Dec 2018. SJedi partnered with Envirofit International, with funding from BIX group in South Korea, to provide carbon finance subsidies to the cost of ICS in Liberia, reducing the price to around $12.50 – $15 USD per ICS. SJedi is currently distributing a recently arrived container of 3,250 ICS, the EF CH5200 charcoal ICS, a very popular and efficient product. SJedi plans to distribute around 19,000 ICS in Liberia through 2020.
2016
Social Media Crowd funding & Subsidy Project May 2016. SJEDI raised $10,000 from a social media and crowd-funding campaign. The funds will be applied as a subsidy for SE4ALL products in Liberia from May until June 2016. The cost of a $35 ICS or solar product will be reduced to $25 for example (or lower). Two EFI-100L institutional stoves will be delivered to an orphanage and a school at half price, a $450 subsidy, as another example. Reducing the price of these products by just $10 has increased sales at a tremendous rate. Almost 1,000 units of ICS and Solar have been distribute in just one months time as a result of the subsidy! This project proves once again that subsidies do work are extremely necessary in reducing the cost of these beneficial products and making energy access available to the Liberian people.
2015
Feed the Future EFO-100L Institutional Stove Donation for FAWE School of Excellence School Feeding Program (SFP) May 2015. SJEDI partnered with “Feeding the Future” in Red Hill, Brewerville, and donated a EF100L Institutional Improved Cookstove to decrease the cost of feeding the children at the FAWE School of Excellence, increase the health of the women who cook the food, and to feed more children
2015
Econochar Assembly Factory Liberia April 2015. SJEDI partnered with Envirofit International to set up a local assembly operation for the new Econochar charcoal ICS line. Located at Tarr Town, Old Road, in Congotown, SJEDI now employs a staff of nine “Action Officers” to assemble and distribute both ICS and solar products. The staff assembles approximately 500 ICS per month with the ability to ramp up production, as demand requires.
2014
Micro Loans: September 2014. Signed and experimental partnership agreement worth $25,000 in micro-loan funds. Using micro-loans, we have currently signed up 130 borrowers around the country, mostly women’s groups and small entrepreneurs. In our Kiva partnership, the local borrower uses Kiva micro-loans to purchase our energy products like ICS and SHS at wholesale, and then sells them retail for profit. The borrowers use their profits to pay back their Kiva loan. These micro-loans have allowed SJEDI to create over 130 borrowers/distributors around the country, mostly women’s groups and women who own small businesses
2014
“Lighting Lives Liberia” (LLL) Distributor – July 2014. SJEDI successfully joined the Rural and Renewable Energy Agency’s partnership with the World Bank and IFC called LLL. The program is part of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa program and covers most of the duty and storage costs for the import of solar and allows SJEDI to distribute these goods with a small markup to make a profit. SJEDI has distributed over 5,000 LLL solar lighting systems since early 2015.
2014
PCI/USAID – November 2014. Signed agreement worth over $55,000 USD for 1,000 ICS to be used by families in Nimba and Bong counties, as well as 200 Solar lighting Systems for use in these homes, clinics, and schools.
2014
PCI/USAID – November 2014. Signed agreement worth over $55,000 USD for 1,000 ICS to be used by families in Nimba and Bong counties, as well as 200 Solar lighting Systems for use in these homes, clinics, and schools.
2013
GIZ – November 2013. Signed contract worth $26,000 USD with German Development Agency GIZ to distribute 1,000 charcoal and wood ICS in Liberian cities Monrovia, Ganta, and Buchanan. The GIZ grant was in the form of a $20 subsidy that brought the price of an ICS from $50 down to $30 USD.
2013
CI/AML—November 2013. Signed contract worth $13,000 with Conservation International and Arcelor Mittal Steel to supply 210 wood and charcoal ICS to seven communities in the East Nimba Nature Reserve. The contract entailed spending 10 days in the communities conducting IAP/HAP awareness training as well as product education and maintenance education.
2013
CI/AML—November 2013. Signed contract worth $13,000 with Conservation International and Arcelor Mittal Steel to supply 210 wood and charcoal ICS to seven communities in the East Nimba Nature Reserve. The contract entailed spending 10 days in the communities conducting IAP/HAP awareness training as well as product education and maintenance education.
2012
GIZ – November 2012. Signed contract worth $4,400 USD with German Development Agency GIZ to distribute 200 charcoal and wood ICS in Liberian cities Monrovia, Ganta, and Buchanan. The GIZ grant was in the form of a $20 subsidy that brought the price of an ICS from $50 down to $30 USD.
2012
PCI/USAID – May 2012. Signed contract worth over $32,000 USD with PCI Liberia utilizing USAID funding to distribute 500 wood and charcoal ICS to newborn mothers in Bong and Nimba Counties as part of a study of the health benefits of a clean burning cookstove on newborn mothers and their children.