Age
15
Country of Residence
South Africa
Founding Story: What was the spark that led you to start your project? What was the "Aha!" moment that led you to get started and see the potential for this to succeed?
It was when I saw the people of my community doing illegal connection .
How do you encourage other people to join your project or learn about the problem you’re working on? If you have a new idea, tell us how you will do this in the future.
I would say people must be creative to make changes in their communities
How many people are on your team?
3
Impact: How has your project created impact / made a difference so far? Or, if at an early stage, what will impact look like?
When I start my project I will go to each and every house and tell them about illegal wires and power cuts and I will teach children how to save power and stay safe
Project Category
My project is a brand new / emerging idea
Project Stage
Idea (We’re hoping to get started in the future)
Project Summary: Describe your project in one sentence
The solution for Duncan village electricity is:To give every house a legal prepaid meter, put big transformers and safe cables that are hard to steal and,build 5,000 new houses to connect people in on wire that does not carry too many houses.
Project title
Electrical Innovators
The Problem: What problem are you helping to solve? Why does it matter to you and your community?
Fix Duncan village power meters, bigger transformers, safe cables, and new houses to stop overcrowding, it matters to me because I live there when the power goes of children cannot study well
Website URL(s) or social media handles.
What’s Next: What are the next steps you plan to take to grow or strengthen your project over the next year? If your project is still in the idea stage, describe the steps you will take over the next three months to launch or begin developing it.
In next 3 Months I will meet BCM city officials, form a 10-youth team to map falts in Duncan village, and teach 100 families to use safe legal power
Your Innovation: What is different about your project compared to other programs or solutions already out there? How is your project new or innovative?
I think my project is not but but am sure that it will make difference it will be helpful to many people
Your Solution: How are you solving this problem? Share your specific solution.
The solution I came up with is that the people that live in shacks of duncan village must have a big poll where they will connect the boxes that will be placed on their shacks same reason to houses
Your team: What role(s) do your team members play? How do you share leadership with them?
In my team we are 3 and we like to communicate with each other because at the end of the day we should come up with a plan someone must have his own ideas of what we are talking about
