RE: Spending power cut time at the beach.

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What a truly beautiful coastline you have, though!!

Well done you for incredible optimism to use your regular power outages for exercise and collecting material for a Hive post. I have friends in SA also struggling with often more than one outage per day. And yes, one wonders how long before the frustration boils over.

Do you have access to solar panels etc in SA? Our Thai villages in the mountains here are often without regular electricity and its really common to see them now setting up basic solar, for basics like phone batteries and internet.

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Thank you kindly and yes, at times we have four power cuts per day. Today only three and it is certainly debilitating. A power keg indeed.

Yes, we have access to solar panels, but we cannot afford even the basic systems as they are very expensive. We are charity workers and we don't draw big salaries, as the income is meant for the poor that we help.

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It's a tough argument - without the infrastructure yourself you also CAN"T help the poor as effectively. I run a social enterprise business myself and worked as an NGO funding consultant for many years, and I know first hand how not resourcing yourself well enough can cripple you. Such a delicate balance. My new off-grid production facility along the Thai Burmese border will specifically have extra solar capacity built in so that surrounding village people can charge batteries and phones for free.

3 power cuts a day IS a powder keg - without doubt!

Appreciating your ability to "make lemonade and enjoy the walks and the beautiful beach.

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Totally agreed with you and we have grown used to operating on a knife's edge with a delicate balance for survival, as we are now 20 years in the charity field. Hundreds of NGOs and NPOs have closed down over the years in the country, but by grace we have simply continued. Not that we have escaped scot free as we have had also two burn-outs over the years and the last one ended with me having a light stroke.
But we just continue the battle.

Production facility? Fine natural herbal products?
Great that you think and care for the surrounding village people as the bonus is that it develops into trust that will bode well for production facility.
Marian, my wife are also into herbal things and she did a course in herbs and herbal remedies. But she works with me at the charity and does not make or sell anything.

Do you have a website that I can show her?

Yep, when life gives you lemons...!

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