There is a small local radio station in Oshwe, called Radio
Television Bondeko (RTBO). It allows people to get news of their
community, the country, and the world. But as the RTBO is
powered by a fuel generator, when the boats can’t deliver fuel,
the station can’t broadcast. Without radio broadcasts, the
isolated community of Oshwe becomes even more removed from the
rest of the country and its capital, Kinshasa, where decisions
about the management of the forest are made. To overcome the
challenge of on-again-off-again fuel supply, Greenpeace and the
community decided to equip the radio station with solar energy.
A clean and stable energy supply, the solar panels will allow
uninterrupted broadcasting.