While working in Uganda for the past two weeks, I visited the Aunt Agnes Infant School which recently purchased a solar photovoltaic system and is part of FINCA Uganda’s Microfinance Carbon Portfolio.
In Uganda where many schools are private, a school owner is a microenterprise, and a microfinance loan can help them make investments in infrastructure which increase their profitability while improving the quality of education for local children
In this video, a teacher describes how the system enabled the students, or “learners,” to improve their performance, increase their motivation, and how word of mouth about the system led to increased enrollments.
