Humanitarian crusade:

SHUMAS donates Solar panels to SAFRAHOST &Djottin Health Center

By Njodzefe Nestor in Bamenda

The Djottin Catholic Health Center in Noni Sub Division and the St Francis Home for Skills Training, SAFRAHOST Njavnyuy in Kumbo Central Sub Division all in Bui Division, North West region were on April 27, 2017 happy recipients of solar Energy Systems by Strategic Humanitarian Services, SHUMAS and her partner Energy Without Borders, Spain.

                The gesture according to officials from the Djottin Catholic Health Center will bring lights to the center which is harbored in a community that has not had electricity even after they started applying to the government for it since 1979.

                To the officials of the St Francis Home for Skills Training, SAFRAHOST Njavnyuy the solar system will help them out from regular low voltage and power outages.

                While receiving the solar Energy System, the Matron of the Djottin Catholic Health Center Sis Thea thanked SHUMAS “for giving them hope” and promised they will use it judiciously.

“SHUMAS has made us in this health center to work 24 hours a day without retardation in the name of darkness. Work will intensify in all the departments of the center”, Sis Thea observed.

                She also thanked SHUMAS for training three members of their community to take care of the solar equipment and to report any abnormal occurrences.

                He announced that thanks to the training the three members have already commenced a local hydro electric plant which is effectively working and supplying energy to certain parts of the village.

                Speaking at the handing over at the Djottin Catholic Health Center, the representative of the Director General of SHUMAS hoped that the system is going to significantly improve on the health care delivery in the institution.

                “Understanding that energy is vital for development and especially in health care delivery, communities not connected to the main power grid suffers from lack of energy or low voltage and constant power cuts” he observed.

                He noted that without electricity, health institutions cannot run some basic machines to guarantee efficient health care, while laboratories cannot function properly saying that it is the reason why SHUMAS and her partners engaged in solar electrification of rural health centers.

                The gesture falls under the SHUMAS Environmental program which is aimed at improving “rural access to Energy sources to impoverished and local communities within the national territory aimed at reaching the Cameroon’s government vision on poverty alleviation and green energy propagation through the use of solar energy for all by 2035.

                SHUMAS has so far installed over 30 solar systems in various communities throughout the national territory.

                To ensure the sustainability of its projects, SHUMAS has adopted a participatory approach where communities are involved from the conception, implementation and completion so that they can take ownership and great care of the project.