Through the expansion of our partnership with Partners in Health (PIH), SELF installed a 10 kW solar electric generating system for the electrification of the new Village Health Works (VHW) clinic in the remote village of Kigutu, in southern Burundi. Doctors and medical staff now have the vital electricity needed to treat patients suffering from HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis.

Landlocked between the states of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania, Burundi is ranked among the poorest countries by the World Bank with 68% of its population living below the poverty line and over half of its children not attending school. Concurrently, Burundi struggles with public health crises ranging from staggering infant mortality rates and disease to severe understaffing of medical personnel in the hospitals and clinics throughout the country.