ISLA TASSO, SIERRA LEONE, December 28, 2020 / 24-7PressRelease / – According to a United Nations report, simply turning on the Gentiles can lift some six hundred million people from the depths of poverty. On December 17, 2020, DSA Development, Consult DSA and IslandAid Sierra Leone unveiled the first phase of a mission to bring solar electric power to Sierra Leone’s traditionally vital island of Tasso. DSA Development CEO Moorosi Mokuena explained: “This translates into social facilities, fitness and schooling, as well as the arrival of new economic opportunities, which in turn improve the outlook of the 5,000 inhabitants of the island. of Tasso “. from Tasso Island earn less than the equivalent of $ 500 / year. Solar Power Allocation Phase One Currently, the five villages on Tasso Island have a small source of electrical power that powers a refrigeration unit at the island clinic. Consult DSA provided the initial investment for the allocation and funded the electrification of the clinic and number one and high schools. DSA Vice President of Development Francis Conteh from Sierra Leone added: “Students who read after dark use soft and unreliable resources, such as firewood and kerosene lanterns, whose inconsistencies in smoke and soft tend to cause maximum damage, causing eyestrain and respiratory problems. . “The team is seeking investments for the entire progression allocation and raising more than $ 50,000 for street care on Four Mile Square Island and waterfront care. Fixing the advent of widespread electric power on the island will make it easier to use. future conveniences with sanitized public restrooms, laundries, refrigeration units, computers and laptops, and machines to help advance the network’s businesses. Dura Koroma, Executive Director of IslandAid Sierra Leone, stated that “Without power, the Food insecurity, fitness disparities and lack of progression will remain on the island. >> Historical significance and connection to the United States Bunce Island, east of Tasso, was the largest British slave trading base in Sierra Leone In the mid-18th century, British investors obtained their essential supplies: new water, rice, timber and citrus crops from Tass Island or for the slave ships leaving for America. Bunce Island has been called “Africa’s Greatest Vital Historic Site for the United States. ” Many Bunce Island captives were sent to South Carolina and Georgia, where rice farmers were willing to pay the farmers’ maximum costs. Africans enslaved in Sierra Leone. DSA Development president Marva Goldsmith has established a non-public connection with the other people of Tasso Island. “My ancestors are from South Carolina,” she says, “and by visiting the Bunce Islands and Tasso, I had a great sense of sadness to learn that this might have been where my ancestors were. tagged, chained, and separated from their families before the gruesome vacation to America. “Many African Americans have roots in Sierra Leone, especially those from South Carolina and Georgia, where an organization of African Americans called the ‘Gullahs’ has many cultural influences, adding language similar to krio, basketry and dishes d e rice. Historians have shown that captives from Bunce Island were also taken to Virginia, Florida, and other North American colonies. Project Vision The proposed progression on Tasso Island includes water purification and desalination, a study center on Bunce Island, an eco-complex and a variety of networks and economic progress (managed through GEN Africa) concentrating into micro-businesses that will help green businesses and leverage the strengths, geography, and unique interests of the network. Renowned historian, Dr. Joseph Opala, has been chosen as an assignment consultant. Dr. Opala is known for having established the “Gullah Connection”, the historic ties between the other indigenous people of the West African country or Sierra Leone and the Gullahs of the Georgia Lowlands and South Carolina region. For more than 30 years it has produced documentaries, museum exhibitions and popular publications on this historical link. CollaborationIslandAid Sierra Leone is a non-governmental organization whose central objectives are to conserve and protect the environment and biodiversity of the islands; and the procedure to ensure certain sustainable livelihoods for the communities of the Sierra Leone islands. Since its inception in May 2010, IslandAid has hosted annual networked school events that raise awareness of environmental fitness, climate change, pollution, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, island resilience, and sustainable progression. DSA Development was established in April 2020 as a Sierra Leone limited partnership. DSA Development was founded through the owners of Consult DSA, a small, women-owned US company that provides monitoring consulting services to private, public and non-profit organizations. Consult DSA provided the initial investment for the allocation costs and sponsored the first phase of the sun allocation.
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