Renewable Energy Project Part 2

by Kenosis Community Trust

Pietermartizburg, KwaZulu-Natal Education Environment Poverty Alleviation

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This project is raising funds that will be used to provide more constant and secure power to the Kenosis Community Foster Homes by upgrading and extending the solar system with additional PV-panels and a lithium wall-mounted battery, enabling them to continue delivering assistance to the children that need it.

The Kenosis Community exists to provide Safety, Stability, Love, Hope and Opportunity to orphaned, vulnerable and disadvantaged children through our Cluster Foster homes. We also provide quality pre-school education for Grade RRR & RR learners at our Early Childhood Development Centre for children who would not otherwise have access to this foundational phase of education.

It is a sad fact that the supply of electricity in South Africa has become more and more unstable and, like many areas and suburbs, Kenosis suffers frequently from this unreliable supply of electricity. Alarmingly, the challenges we face with uninterrupted power supply has become increasingly problematic. The causes of these outages are due to the increase in both cable theft and numerous illegal connections which trip or damage the transformers which supply power to the foster village and the ECD.

Continuous days without electricity causes alarm systems to fail, compromising the security of the residents and children at Kenosis.
During outages, the village houses are without alternative lighting, meaning children cannot do homework at night. They also cannot use the computer lab and the resource centre, which are vital components of their extra mural activities, helping them with school work and providing opportunities to learn new skills.
Long outages threaten and harm the food supply in the fridges in the foster houses. .
Erratic supply plays havoc with appliances such as fridges and deep freezes and a number have had to be replaced already due to the motors being blown.
Kenosis has begun a project to rear one day old chicks to 6 week old. This supplies the foster families with fresh chickens to eat and any excess to be sold to bring in extra revenue. The young chicks require infrared light to survive.
In addition to the supply problems, electricity is becoming more and more expensive. For a non-profit organisation like Kenosis, this is a major problem as our funds are limited.

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R 10,304

Funding goal: R 59,710

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NGO: Kenosis Community Trust

Start: 1st January 2026

End: 30th September 2026

PBO: 930008699

NPO: 043-069

Field agent: Mark Emerson
mark@kenosis.org.za

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