the mountain village of todd has no running water no electricity and no telephones mohamed ben saeed family can hardly wait for it and his colleague to arrive and install a solar panel on their rooftop. they look on eagerly as the work gets underway. and the summer panel will cost the family a few hundred euros that's a lot of money here it's a pretty quick job the technology is relatively simple but maintenance and the batteries longevity are still problematic the system has to be wired up in a somewhat unorthodox way but nevertheless it works joad connects the module to the battery and it starts charging. me it doesn't take long to install our technology it's time consuming part is getting to these villages so if i see. the farmer's entire livelihood lies in these fields suffer on. just one gram of the red spice can earn him up to a euro then saves family has financed their solar powered system with a crop. solar power is expensive and we don't have much money. but we hope this panel will improve our lives. the moment of truth has almost come runs the battery cables into. the house