Livelihood Programmes
Government-backed rural energy initiatives.
What this is
Energy delivered as an input to income rather than as lighting alone — powering the tool, the cold room or the machine that lets a household earn.
These are typically delivered under a government scheme or a corporate social responsibility programme, which means the technical work sits inside a set of eligibility, procurement and reporting requirements that shape what can be built and how it is evidenced.
Where it fits
- Government rural energy and livelihood schemes
- CSR programmes with a measurable livelihood outcome
- Non-governmental organisations delivering at village scale
- Producer groups needing powered equipment to move up the value chain
What the work involves
- Needs assessment with the community and the implementing partner
- Alignment to the scheme’s eligibility and procurement requirements
- System design against the productive use, not against a generic load
- Installation, training and commissioning with the end users
- Monitoring and the reporting the funding body requires
Worth knowing
Which schemes, specifically
The programmes Harness has delivered under, and the outcomes recorded against them, are the client’s to state — they are logged as an open content request rather than described here from the outside.
How every project runs
One accountable team from the first site visit to the maintenance years afterwards. Nothing is handed to a subcontractor at the seams.
- 01
Plan
- Energy Assessment
- Detailed Engineering
- Structural Design
- 02
Build
- Procurement
- Construction & QA
- 03
Energise & sustain
- Grid Connectivity
- Commissioning
- Long-Term O&M