{"id":24849,"date":"2022-08-17T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=24849"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:12:02","slug":"when-innovative-educational-technologies-combined-with-solar-infrastructure-benefit-the-integration-of-refugees-and-the-communities-that-host-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/17\/when-innovative-educational-technologies-combined-with-solar-infrastructure-benefit-the-integration-of-refugees-and-the-communities-that-host-them\/","title":{"rendered":"When innovative educational technologies combined with solar infrastructure benefit the integration of refugees and the communities that host them."},"content":{"rendered":"

We have received this story from Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2013, the Instant Network Schools\u00a0(INS)\u00a0programme was developed through a close partnership between Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR<\/a>, the UN Refugee Agency, with the shared goal of providing refugees and the communities that host them expanded opportunity for accessing high quality, and innovative digital education.<\/p>\n

The INS programme is the flagship programme of the UNHCR Connected Education team and\u00a0is founded\u00a0on\u00a0a holistic approach to educational technology. The programme transforms existing classrooms into multimedia learning hubs, inclusive of robust teacher training, curated digital content aligned to the local curriculum, and an enabling connected-environment. It also works through relevant national line ministries, implementing partners and the local community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As of April 2022, the INS programme had established 84 centres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Mozambique, South Sudan, and Tanzania. With the objective, by 2025, to deploy to up to 300 schools\u00a0 <\/span>and reach 10,000 teachers, 510,000 students and approximately 1,500,000 indirect beneficiaries from the students, teachers, parents & community members.<\/p>\n

In Mozambique, 15 INS centres have been deployed across 12 schools in the Nampula<\/em> province benefitting approx. 57,000 students and 1,000 teachers …where the initiative is supported by the Minist\u00e9rio da Educa\u00e7\u00e3o e Desenvolvimento Humano.<\/p>\n

Access to reliable power is the key to making the most of the INS programme. Most partner schools are in remote areas where access to the grid is either unavailable, unreliable or too expensive. For that reason\u00a0Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR are investing in solar infrastructure. Each school receives a solar energy system designed for their present and future power needs.

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In Mozambique\u00a0Logos Industrias, Lda<\/a>, was chosen to design supply and instal ten PV energy systems tailoring each to the conditions on site – with regard to access, safety and meteorological conditions. Logos Industrias has almost 20 years experience in Solar Energy, and a national presence through its six branches.<\/p>\n

In some schools, the choice was to install solar panels on the roof and interior cabinets, while in others in ground structures, with cabinets dedicated to all Victron equipment and batteries.

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The main components typically used in these systems are:<\/p>\n