About the Community
Soppo Likoko is a community in Cameroon consisting of approximately 50 households, each with 5 to 10 people. As a result of their lack of access to electricity, the community’s daily routines are limited by the presence of sunlight, and their education cannot remain “current”. Subsequently, the lack of opportunity resulted in a large outflow of locals.
Project Overview & Results
Our chapter began partnership with the Soppo Likoko community in 2013 via the Soppo Likoko Bridge Project. However, after an assessment trip in January 2014 revealed that the government had plans to construct a bridge in a similar geographical location, it was decided to switch over to a new electrification project, after identifying electricity as the community’s second greatest need through discussion.
The project aimed to supply the community with constant source of electricity that meets their current and future demands by constructing and implementing and electrical grid tie-in system.
The Soppo Likoko Electrification Project was officially completed in Summer 2020, after two phases of implementation – phase 1 which extended a local transmission line to the village and installed a transformer, and phase 2 where electricity was made available to each home. This construction and implementation of an electrical grid tie-in system supplied a constant electricity flow for more than 50 households as well as 4 local schools.
Furthermore, this project was able to educate the community on electrical best practices which focuses on sustainability, efficiency, and cost-management.
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