Solar Water Project is improving living conditions
I’m pleased to welcome the Zoe Onlus Association to our Eco Friendly Community. I am inspired after learning more about what this non-profit organization is doing to help the people of southern Tunisia, especially those living at the margins. I’ll let the association’s President, Paolo Buccieri, take it from here:
The United Nations Organization defines desertification as one of
most alarming processes of environmental degradation.
In arid areas of northern Africa, the poorest part of the population,
living on subsistence farming, is paying the higher price .
Zoe non-profit organization, through the Solar Water Project, wants
help to improve the living conditions of families in southern Tunisia through the installation of pumps powered by solar panels. The immersion solar pumps are produced in Italy and already tested in several countries in the world with excellent results. The most powerful model Tetraflux, is a submersible pump DC stainless steel, low power and high efficiency.
The pumps restore the function of abandoned water wells because of high costs of extraction previously practiced with diesel engines.
The intervention helps to improve the socio-economic conditions of marginal populations, introducing the use and know-how of renewable energy systems, and allows the families of rural villages to irrigate fields
at no cost, limiting the damage of desertification process in the area.
http://www.zoeonlus.it/acqua_solare_m.htm (only in italian but you can pick up pictures and videos)
You can also find some info on our Bio-Design activities at: http://www.zoeonlus.it/INGLESE/EN_biodesign.htm
(this page is in english)
Paolo Buccieri
President of Zoe Onlus Association
