By RODRICK DESURI
Auki
The Falake community in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province, is gearing up to complete its mini-hydro project at the end of this year.
The project is funded by the Government of Japan.
The community has faced many challenges along the way during the project’s making.
Falake community chairman, Constantine Etemani, said they treated the challenges as stepping stones in achieving their goals.
He believes challenges can lead to effective decisions in planning for successful outcomes.
“We can’t deny it, in any development aspect, there must be challenges throughout. But we hope and believe that challenges can make great contributions to successful outcomes,” he said.
In the meantime, Etemani said the project represents light, hope and progress for their community.
He said the project will improve their standard of living and other priorities, support households and businesses, enhance quality of education for their children, and strengthen essential services within the community.
He said that the project has demonstrated how sustainable development and environmental protection can be achieved.
“This project needs community commitment and time.
“This project will benefit our entire community, improve our standard of living, support each household and business, and also enhance the quality of education for their children,” he said.
Funded by the Japanese government through its Grassroots and Human Security Project, the project is a SBD $2.5 million micro-hydropower project in the Falake community.
This initiative aims to provide sustainable, reliable energy to the community and support local economic growth through infrastructure development.
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