Rosemary Quipp, of All Africa, writes an inspiring and optimistic story called Kenya: Ministry Bets Big on Solar Pumps to End Water Woes.
The search for clean water is a back-breaking exercise in most Kenyan villages, especially for women and children.
And residents of Ng'enda village in Thika often brought home more than they bargained for after a 5km trek to nearby rivers in search of water - typhoid, hepatitis and other water-borne diseases.
Today, buckets in Ng'enda are overflowing with clean and safe water, and residents only travel 190 metres for it.
The water comes from the depths of the earth, pumped to the surface and purified before it streams into a holding tank at the Ng'enda Health. ...
The entire process is powered by solar energy, making the pumping system the first of its kind in the country.
I have to run off to a first meeting with our my SO's shrink as couples counseling, so I need to make this one short and sweet. Please check out the encouraging article as it describes how the 50% drop in solar photovoltaic collectors is stimulating job growth and improvements to health and quality of life in remote East African villages which have been experiencing unprecedented drought, famine, poverty, lack of job growth, and hope.
I'm turning this into an open thread so that you all and hopefully, some of our contributors from Kosowatt, Keynesian Kossacks, EcoJustice and others interesting in in promoting solar power initiatives to improve our health, lives, communities, economies, and political systems can post other articles, links, and comments to advance this encouraging them.
Thanks.