In the nights of Teweno, in the past, only animals and insects were heard. Now, the laughs and chatter of those who have gained a few more hours of light thanks to solar energy have joined the community’s soundtrack
palm,” a tree used to make spears- is home to between 35 and 40 people.
In each system, eight light bulbs can be connected, cellphones can be charged – although there is no phone signal in the community-, as well as electric tools and even a small television. to have a few hours of light after the sun went down in the thick darkness of the Amazonian night. Linda Enqueri already relies on the solar panels that brought the promised and longed-for electricity. She can’t imagine her days without it. “Now when I go to the other communities that don’t have electricity, it’s hard for me to get used to it,” she says with a laugh. It is 7:30 p.m. at night and he is still cutting the cassava that he deposits in a blackish metal pot on his wood stove. “It used to be impossible to do this at this hour.
Randy Enqueri, the president of the community, remembers that when they had the generators, the inhabitants suffered from headaches, flu and fever. Those problems, which could be related to the toxic emissions from the generators, diminished when the panels arrived. We are fine now, we have light, no noise, no danger, we are calm,” he says and sighs with relief.Alianza Ceibo started the solar energy project in 2016 with investment from a German organization called Love for Life.
After installation, during the first year, the technician in charge of the community makes periodic maintenance visits. After that, it is the responsibility of each family to check that everything is working and if they find any problem, they must call the technician. Randy Enqueri says that so far, in this first year, they have not had any inconvenience.Before solar electricity came to Teweno, every three or four months, Linda Enqueri spent US$30 to buy fuel for her electric generator.
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