Tanzania has a population of more than 44,840,000, of which only 10 percent has access to electricity. The government recognizes the need to invest in alternative energy sources, which include solar, biogas and wind turbines. There are programs in place to implement solar energy efficiently and the impact of these is increasing, but success has been limited due to extreme poverty and awareness barriers. Don Bosco VTCs Dodoma and Iringa are developing a solar energy training centre through their existing electrical training departments, through the establishment of solar energy programs to train 170 students annually. The project will, in the long term, contribute to economic empowerment for the students who mainly come from poor and marginalized backgrounds, with a majority unable to afford to pay even the minimal fees required. In addition, others have had traumatizing childhoods and this has affected their ability to interrelate with other members of the community.