APOTI completed the last installation of a drinking water system in a village from the region, in a project supported by iCS in 20 communities. New training of solar energy technicians was also carried out

Training Workshop for Huni Kuin Technicians in Solar Energy | Credit: APOTI

In July, APOTI (Associação Povos da Terra) completed the last installation of a drinking water system though the Solar Energy and Drinking Water project, in partnership with iCS. Six more villages in the region of the Jordão and Alto Tarauacá rivers (the villages Coração da Floresta, Reino da Estrela, Bom Futuro, Canafista, Sacado and Arco-Íris) now have access to good quality water, which is a universal human right. In July, there was also a Training Workshop for Huni Kuin Technicians in Solar Energy, as part of the final activities of the project in the Kaxinawá Indigenous Lands of the River Jordão.

In all, members of 20 villages that currently have solar energy systems participated, 18 of which were installed by APOTI. Participants from the following villages were trained as technicians: São Joaquim, Nova Extrema, Morada Nova, Astro Luminoso, Boa Esperança, Bela Vista Sacado, Boa Vista, Nova Aliança, Canafista, Novo Natal, Bari, Três Fazendas, Reino da Estrela, Coração da Floresta, Novo Segredo, Nova União, Mae Bena and Flor da Mata. The workshop took place in the Morava Nova village, in the Kaxinawá Indigenous Land of the Lower Jordão River, and was delivered by the coordinators Alvaro Russo and Guilherme Meneses.

The complete project took 11 solar energy systems to 6 villages and complete systems for the pumping, storage and distribution of drinking water to another 6 villages of the Huni Kuin people, as mentioned above.

Participants of the Training Workshop for Huni Kuin Technicians in Solar Energy | Credit: APOTI

 

Complete system for the pumping, storage and distribution of drinking water in the Canafista village | Credit: APOTI

 

Complete system for the pumping, storage and distribution of drinking water in the Canafista village | Credit: APOTI

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