Missionary uses green energy: photovoltaic cells

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Catholic missionaries have developed a photovoltaic system for electricity generation alternative as part of environmental protection at the Consolata Hospital in Nkubu in the diocese of Meru, Eastern Kenya.

In an effort to live out the Church's social doctrine on the protection of creation, as has been recently highlighted by the Papal Magisterium, Father Giuseppe Proserpio, a Camillian Missionary in Africa, has produced a photovoltaic system for the production of electricity at the Catholic Mission he runs at the Consolata Hospital in Nkubu, Diocese of Meru.

The project, completed in recent days, reached its objectives, reducing costs of running the hospital. Savings are then used for the neediest people struggling with HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, infectious diseases known to be endemic throughout the area of the Camillian mission.

"The initiative was born from the collaboration between the NGO Section of the Pescara Health and Development, of the Camillian Fathers, and the Region of Abruzzo,” Dr. Vincenzo Di Giovanni, Volunteer Doctor for Health and Development told Fides.

“The increased competence among developing countries through professional training of technicians and spreading awareness among local people regarding energy saving and the protection of Creation offers a bridge for the meeting with future generations,” Giovanni said.

He added that the project achieved at Nkubu is part of a broader program of implementing the Millennium Goals, environmental protection, and sharing technological information with the poorest people on the planet.

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