Last summer, Godwill Dah, an engineering trainee in the design consultancy at Cegelec API, decided to devote the three months of his English-language placement to a humanitarian mission. 

With the support of his business unit manager, Thomas Chapeland, Godwill reached out to the non-profit LifeTime Projects, which proposed a project in Tanzania. 

The objective of Godwill’s assigned mission was the construction of a sustainable vocational high school in Saramé, in partnership with the Jabungu Foundation. The aim of this project is to offer a positive and autonomous future for young people in a region where fewer than 30% – and even fewer girls – enter secondary education. 

The future establishment, powered by solar energy, will include excellent washroom facilities and a permaculture garden, and offer practical training courses. 

In the course of his mission, Godwill worked on a range of technical elements: 

• Electrical design for the administration building 

• Implementation of electrical plans and installation of equipment 

• Construction of a chicken coop 

• Design of a 25 kWp solar system.
  

Cegelec API also supported the project with a €3,000 donation to LifeTime Projects and hopes to continue supporting the association in the long term. It views this initiative as far more than simple finance – a lever for measurable impact aligned with the values of VINCI Energies. 

The business unit plans to help in a number of ways: 

• Dispatching volunteers and supplies 

• Help with administrative and safety aspects 

• Skills-based sponsorship to validate technical models 

• Forging links with the Fondation VINCI pour la Cité 

• Mobilising a network of partner companies for long-term support.