Since November 2009, Friendship has been implementing the Friendship Summit Energy Project (FSEP) at two chars of Gaibandha district, with funding from Summit Power Limited under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. The project intends to create char dwellers’ access to solar electricity through providing Solar Home Systems (SHSs). Interested beneficiaries can apply for SHSs through prescribed format and once properly scrutinized by the project team.
After successful completion of the 1st phase, now the project is being implemented its 2nd phase at 7 chars and total 134 beneficiaries households are covered through the solar home systems.
Implementation of this project means hundreds of char dwellers gaining access to electricity, a modern-day amenity which so many of us take for granted and cannot do without.