RE in Rural Nicaragua

✍ Scribed by Kathy Dickerson

• Book ID: 104438418
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 576 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-0846
• DOI: 10.1016/s1471-0846(01)80090-1

✦ Synopsis

unrise is taking on a whole new meaning in rural Nicaragua thanks to solar energy technologies. In a country where urban migration is gaining momentum (1%+ annually), renewable energy is gaining national acceptance for meeting and improving basic needs in rural areas. Lack of these basic needs is a major factor in poverty and poor health, resulting in urban flight in search of a better life and social services. Kathy Dickerson from the Global Health Alliance (GILA) describes the efforts of this U.S.-based non-profit organization to bring renewable energ~ and opportunities, to rural villages in the region.