Underway Awad and villagers installing solar panels on community center. This view from the rooftop of the community center shows the Nile flood plain with its fertile fields and palm trees. These solar panels were installed in the memory of Awad's mother Hajja Maryam Saeed with the support of the Nile Valley Company and Mr. John Hoffner of Austin Texas. This solar system provides the community center with six ceiling fans and six lightbulbs. Awad and John Hoffner of Austin prepare solar panels for shipment to az-Zawrat, Sudan.
Villagers check pump before attaching windmill blades in test of wind pump.
He is currently refining the design. Teacher and students in courtyard of the new village school. Until recently, the children of the village had to travel several miles by donkey to go to school. Last year, all the villagers worked together to construct a new school in the village itself. Nile Valley Herbs contributed to the construction costs.