Electriciens sans frontières
Electriciens sans frontières, French international NGO and registered charity, has been fighting since 1986 against inequalities of access to electricity and water throughout the world. With the support of our 1,200 volunteers and through partnerships with local actors and using renewable energies, we make access to electricity a lever for human and economic development.
Our objective is to improve the living conditions of the poorest populations, making electricity and water access a lever for economic and human development.
We build our projects systematically associating these levers for development and environmental stakes! Our eight development levers are: access to quality water, food security, health, education, community life and security, training, economic development and the fight against climate change.
We use renewable energies to reduce energy poverty to fight against climate change and to promote the energy transition.
Figures for energy
- 675 million people still have no access to electricity. The majority of these are in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
- 80 % live in isolated rural areas and are excluded from development policies
- 2.6 billion people are still dependent on traditional energy sources (candles, paraffin lamps, wood, etc.).
- SDG 7: Sustainable Development Goal No. 7 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly is to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”.
Figures for water
- 50 % of the world’s population still does not have access to drinking water.
- 2.2 billion people do not have access to clean water that is readily available for consumption.
- SDG 6: the aim of Sustainable Development Goal 6 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly is to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”.