Obsessed with Power

I have been teasing matt that he's become "obsessed with power" these past 6 months, that is, if power=electricity. :)

The good news is that Matt's hard work has paid off! All 8 SharedSolar systems are now operational and are providing dependable electricity to a couple hundred people in rural Uganda! Zeph, Emmanuel, and I decided to join Matt on Friday to take a look at each system and help with photo-documentation for Matt's official report. I won't bore you with all of the pictures of the technical details (sorry, engineers...Matt will have to fill you in on that later). But, I will share some of the fun snapshots taken along the way...

...we piled into the care for the 1.5 hour drive (which Matt has made almost every week day)

See the way those matoke bananna trees flood down the hillside?

Boys bringing home supper:

Here's Zeph exploring the system in Ruhirra

We walked through this corridor on our way to the market in Nactunda, where SharedSolar has a system set up. The brick walls were so picturesque!

Zeph's favorite activity, of course, was finding lots of other kids to play with...

...and spending as much time as he could with his best friend, Emmanuel...

It was a beautiful and exciting day marking the completion of Matt's project.

We only have two days left in Uganda and we are cherishing every moment that we have left even as we also look forward to what lies ahead.