{"id":4460,"date":"2025-02-18T06:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energy-assistance-stg.dsa-noprod.myoddcloud.com\/education-through-energy-a-transformative-project-for-st-maria-goretti-girls-secondary-school-in-malawi\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:19:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:19:38","slug":"education-through-energy-a-transformative-project-for-st-maria-goretti-girls-secondary-school-in-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energy-assistance.org\/en\/education-through-energy-a-transformative-project-for-st-maria-goretti-girls-secondary-school-in-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Education through energy: a transformative project for St. Maria Goretti Girls Secondary School in Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4460\" class=\"elementor elementor-4460 elementor-4431\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f19bc34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f19bc34\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c2cd97\" data-id=\"8c2cd97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-262c77b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"262c77b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4305545\" data-id=\"4305545\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f957853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f957853\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a world where access to energy remains a major challenge for many communities, education can become a powerful vector for transforming lives. Thanks to Energy Assistance asbl-vzw and the ENGIE Foundation, an exemplary action has been carried out in Malawi to provide a sustainable and reliable energy solution at <strong>St. Maria Goretti Girls Secondary School<\/strong>,a school for young girls located in Lilongwe, the country\u2019s capital.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbb89f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbb89f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-520da2c\" data-id=\"520da2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f755b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f755b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/energy-assistance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025_02_10_Lilongwe_Malawi_6-crop-300x285-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4435\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b59ab91\" data-id=\"b59ab91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e1ac52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e1ac52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A mission to ensure a bright future<br><\/strong><\/p><p>St. Maria Goretti Girls Secondary School is home to around 450 boarding students. Frequent and prolonged load shedding on the national grid ESCOM (Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi), compromised the organization of evening classes and computer access. In order to guarantee quality teaching, there was an urgent need for reliable and sustainable energy sources.<br>With this in mind, the Energy Assistance asbl-vzw team implemented a project to secure the school\u2019s power supply with a photovoltaic system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-eba1ec9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eba1ec9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9296ca3\" data-id=\"9296ca3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129464d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"129464d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A sustainable, affordable source of energy<br><\/strong><\/p><p>Energy requirements were carefully assessed, and the system sizing was designed to power lighting, computers and essential equipment in the academic parts of the facility, such as classrooms and administration.<\/p><p>The photovoltaic system comprises 20 solar panels (11.1 kWp), 2 hybrid inverters (10 kW) to guarantee a stable power supply and 3 lithium batteries for a storage capacity of 15.36 kWh.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e71f5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"6e71f5d\" 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><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3332ac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3332ac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A significant impact on students<br><\/strong><\/p><p>This project does more than simply provide energy for lighting. It opens up unprecedented opportunities for the 450 students at St. Maria Goretti, giving them access to an optimized learning environment. The computer room is now powered up, facilitating Internet access and modern management of the school. Students can continue their studies well into the night, increasing their chances of success.<br><\/p><p>These inspiring and ambitious young women, who dream of becoming midwives, lawyers or community leaders, are now better equipped to realize their aspirations. 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