Solar Energy Brings Electricity to Brazilian Indians

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has already set aside US$ 199,000 (470,000 reais) for the acquisition and installation of solar panels in the 63 schools that exist on the Raposa do Sul Indian reservation, in the state of Roraima.

These funds are part of the US$ 9.7 million (23.89 million reais) earmarked for the interior of the state in 2004 and 2005 by the Light for All Program.

The program has a commitment, by 2008, to reach all the 11 thousand families in Roraima that lack electricity, says Wellington Araújo Diniz, representative of the Ministry and coordinator of the program in the state.

According to Diniz, all the indigenous communities that desire electricity will be served.

The Raposa Serra do Sol Indian reservation contains 1.74 million hectares and was homologated on April 15.

It is inhabited by 15 thousand Indians belonging to the Macuxi, Taurepang, Wapixana, and Ingarikó ethnic groups.

ABr – www.radiobras.gov.br

Tags:

You May Also Like

The Poor Plight Is the Wealthy Nations’ Responsibility, Says Brazil’s Lula

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reinforced his appeal to wealthy nations to ...

After End of Check Tax Brazil Looks for Ways to Fund Anti-Poverty Programs

The administration of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has suffered a major ...

The Hipocrisy of Brazil’s Anti-Racism Fever

At the worst times of repression during the military regime, in the 70s, “tudo ...

Student shows hand painted with

Brazil Reinvents Politics as the Art of Getting Dirty and Still Win

A month before the presidential and legislative elections of October 2006, politics in Brazil ...

Brazil Holds Series of Raids to Embarrass Foreign Whore-Chasing Tourist

For this week, Brazil’s Federal Police in the northeastern city of Natal, capital of ...

Brazil Reaffirms It Will Give US$ 1 Million to Rebuild Lebanon

Celso Amorim, Brazil's Minister of Foreign Relations confirmed during the International Conference for Lebanon ...

Food and Fuel Stir Up Inflation in Brazil

December’s inflation in Brazil as measured by the Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA) amounted ...

Lack of Skills Makes 60% of Brazilians Unemployable

Brazil’s Ministry of Labor says that one of the country’s serious development bottlenecks is ...

Indians Get a Stronger Voice on Brazil’s Politics

In an interview with National AM Radio, professor PatrÀ­cia Melo, who teaches history at ...

RAPIDINHAS

By Brazzil Magazine Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul are separate states, although ...