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Río del Sol,
"I feel very happy because now we live together listening to music, watching movies," Georgina tells Efe while sitting next to her husband and her daughter Natalia. "We can spend more time together."
Iberdrola Mexico's Lights of Hope project has provided electricity to 100 homes in Río
Most residents of the tiny hamlet, in the municipality of
Many of the women also embroider textiles which they then sell in markets.
NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Georgina, Abraham and Natalia live in a small mud house and they survive with bare basics. Beds, a couple of hammocks and chairs, a table and their work tools.
But since the Summer, they also have a TV with a DVD player and a speaker to listen to music.
Abraham puts on some music and sits on the bed while Georgina and Natalia roam over to the kitchen to turn on a light.
The lamp is one of four that they have, along with two double sockets.
"Thanks to the company that helped them, they are much better," Natalia says as she translates her father's words, who only speaks Mixe. "My dad wants to cry with gratitude."
The Lights of Hope project launched in
"The objective of Lights of Hope is to satisfy the energy needs of the localities that do not have this service. And also contribute to the development of communities," Ríos said.
Some 12,000 people are expected to benefit from the project and around
LIGHTING UP COMMUNITIES
Iluméxico had been working in
Solar panels were installed in Río
"We were a little scared to go out at night, it was all dark, and now it's very different. We are more confident about staying here longer (outside the tin-roofed mud-house), we go out and visit our neighbor," the couple tell Efe.
Elvia now has a mobile phone that she can charge. Before, she had to take the handset to the nearest town, El Zacatal.
Since August, Elvia lies on her bed reading the Bible or listening to Christian hymns, she says happily.
SAVING ON BATTERIES
Georgian and Abraham estimate they spent around
They now spend
"Before I could hardly buy batteries because sometimes we had no money, (...) now, thank God, we already have a solar panel and we are much better off. And the money we used to spend on batteries, we now spend on ourselves," says Abraham. EFE
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