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Providing Electricity to Poor Communities inKenya
In 2013, President Barack Obama launched acampaign called the Power Africa Initiative. Its goalis to increase the availability of electric power inAfrican countries south of the Sahara Desert. Millionsof people there are unable to depend on reliable power supplies.
The American-supported program is providing money for a number of projects, including onethat creates electricity from human waste.
"Mukuru Kwa Njenga" is the name of a community close to Nairobi where about 100,000people live. Many of them are poor. Until recently, most did not have electricity. Those who didhad illegal connections to power lines.
Amos Nguru had the idea for Afrisol Energy, a project that produces electricity from humanwaste. Two years ago, Mr. Nguru received an offer of financial support from the Power Africainitiative. The money came from General Electric and the United States African DevelopmentFoundation.
The project now produces 15 kilowatts of electricity. That is enough to power a nearby schooland serve the local neighborhood. Mr. Nguru says his project meets the needs of thecommunity.
Deborah Mwandagina is deputy head teacher of the local primary school. She says in the past,there were too many illegal connections to her school's power supply. She says this resultedin higher costs for the school, so it decided to stop using electricity.
She says, "We have been having challenges from the slums and time and again they hack ourpower systems and they connect illegally to their homes. We have been having such kind ofchallenges so we just decided we cannot live with electricity. It can't do us any good, so wedecided to disconnect."
But now the school is once again using electricity from Afrisol Energy. Doreen Kemunto is astudent at the school. Her mother Beatrice Onchan'ga says darkness no longer limits the timewhen Doreen can study.
She says, "Before the electricity was there our children could not be able to learn since theycould not come to school that early and leave that late because the school was very dark, andthey could not be able to learn."
The World Bank says only 23 percent of Kenyans have access to electricity.
1.human waste 人类排泄物
Human waste is piped directly into the sea withoutbeing treated.
人类的排泄物不经处理被直接排泄到海里。
2.financial support 经济支援;财政支持
It receives financial support from the government, some private corporations and individualdonations.
它是靠政府，私人公司或个人赠款资助的。
3.meets the needs of 满足...的需要
It aims to develop an effective, efficient and economic service which meets the needs of thepublic.
其工作目标是发展有效、迅速及经济的服务，以满足市民的需要。
4.access to 接触;访问;...的途径
When it first appeared, the toolbar was merely a place for fast access to frequently usedfunctions.
当工具栏第一次出现时，它只提供快速访问常用功能。 |
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发表于 2016-7-28 21:09:23