Koda Hydroelectric Project – Armes Publishing

Under the funding of USAID in a part of the word where infrastructure was abysmal, a consortium constructed a hydroelectric plant to provide electricity to local villages.

Quick Facts on Construction:

Koda Construction

Koda Project aerial view
Incline Railway
Workers transporting tons of cement by hand
Constructing the bottom of the Incline Railway
Turbine building at the base of the hill
Delivering one ton penstock pipe
Transporting materials
Flywheel on the incline railway
Flywheel on the Incline Railway
Flywheel on the Incline Railway
Transporting a transformer
Ganda at startup

Koda Construction Video

Paul Brown at training facility

Paul Brown on the Koda steps

“When the main switch was turned on, the automatic overload protection immediately tripped, probably due to the imbalance of the capacitive and inductive load. This happened two more times. The fourth time the switch held, and Dale Rash recorded the official time the power was turned on: 4:18 P.M. on October the 18 of 1988.”
Paul Brown
God’s Calling, pg. 266

Koda Inauguration

Presentation of flowers to the Governor
Ambasador, Don Dix and Paul Brown at Koda Inaguration
Welcome dance for the delegation
Wanawake Wa Habari Njema Hallelujah Chorus
US Ambasador speaks at Koda
Zaire governor representative cuts ribbon

“We began to connect customers. Marko’s children stayed up that night in their grass thatched hut, watching the light that stayed on all night.”
Paul Brown
God’s Calling, pg. 267

Want to learn more about the construction at Koda?
Check out Part 3 of God’s Calling: Mungu Anaweza