Architects use local materials and merge traditional techniques with modern technology to make schools and orphanages cool, welcoming places. The rooms of Noomdo are covered by a shallow barrel vault resting on a concrete beam but with openings. Above, a metal plate protects the roof from direct sunlight and rain.

As part of the ” Solar Grandmothers project”, the Barefoot College training center in Burkina Faso, in partnership with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, has provided solar energy trainings for grandmothers from 07 regions of Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso has joined the Africa Minigrids Programme (AMP) as it looks to solar energy to increase rural electrification rates. The project will be active in seven municipalities aacross the Cascades, the Boucle du Mouhoun, the Center, the Center-North, the Center-East, the North and the Central Plateau regions.

Off-grid solar system provider Oolu is receiving support from the Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa (BGFA) for its operations in Burkina Faso. This multilateral funding mechanism is providing $2.5 million to Oolu for business development. In rural areas of Burkina Faso, the company installs solar home systems (SHS).