Peter Bol
Yei, Sudan
With the new streetlights and electric grid, Yei's citizens feel safe to gather in Freedom Square in the evenings to read and exchange ideas or watch the always lively informal soccer games.

Utian Tong Pear
Aliachara, Bangladesh
In 1987, Utian Tong Pear’s life changed forever. That year, then 37-year-old Utian was among the first in his village community of Aliachara to get electricity from the Maulabibazar co-op, one of Bangladesh’s 67 local rural electrification societies.

Anetty Lerebours
Las Matas, Dominican Republic
Anetty Lerebours has always worked to help her hometown. Born and raised in Las Matas, Dominican Republic—a small town located about 20 miles from the Haitian border—Anetty still lives there with her husband and child. As director of the Central Co-op, a local savings and loan cooperative that supports small businesses, Anetty is all too aware of spending resources to resolve electricity problems.

Tomas Panjoj Jorge
Guatamala
Tomas Panjoj Jorge, like many other agricultural producers and entrepreneurs in Guatemala, has taken full advantage of the available credit provided by the EFP Trust Fund to improve post-harvest processing, capture greater value from their products, and improve the competitiveness of their enterprises in the domestic and international market.

Pastor Edmund Sainval
Pignon, Haiti
Since electricity arrived in Pignon, Haiti, Pastor Edmund Sainval says, "Small businesses stay open later, people use the community's three Internet cafes, and evening church attendance is up."