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Centers serving the Yanomami people receive solar energy

Photovoltaic systems with batteries were provided by the Ministry of Mines and Energy

Centers serving the Yanomami people receive solar energy installation

Solar panels being removed from a plane for installation on Yanomami land. Photo: MME

O MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy) determined the installation of panels solar energy with batteries em poles service health and ethno-environmental protection located in the Yanomami indigenous land, in Roraima.

A technology will serve for ensure the supply of electrical energy at these service stations, aiming to humanitarian aid to the Yanomami population – that, with the presence of illegal mining on their lands, have suffered from cases of malnutrition and diseases such as malaria and pneumonia. 

Our last four years, were recorded 570 child deaths in the territory. Indigenous communities in Surucucu, Auaris, Palimiu, Serra da Estrutura, Walo Pali and Xexena are being served by the initiative. 

A installation of equipment was operationalized inside More Light for the Amazon Program, through Eletrobras and the concessionaire Roraima Energia, with support from the Ministry of Health and Funai (National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples). 

Henrique Hein
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Henrique Hein

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