{"id":23636,"date":"2019-12-16T22:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T21:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/uncategorized\/une-reponse-verte-a-la-situation-des-refugies-lurgence-des-solutions-energetiques-durables\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T17:54:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T15:54:29","slug":"a-green-response-to-the-refugee-situation-the-urgency-of-sustainable-energy-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/press-releases\/a-green-response-to-the-refugee-situation-the-urgency-of-sustainable-energy-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"A green response to the refugee situation, the urgency of sustainable energy solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][easy-social-share buttons=”facebook,twitter,linkedin”][vc_column_text]Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res will be on site to testify to its intervention in Bangladesh with the Rohingya people very first meeting of the Global Refugee Forum<\/a> opens today in Geneva. Tomorrow, 17 December 2019, Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res will be on site to testify to its intervention in Bangladesh with the Rohingya people<\/a>, as part of an event entitled “\u200bGreen Responses to Refugee Situations-Urgent Need for Sustainable Energy Solutions<\/em>“\u200b, at the invitation of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”MEETING THE VITAL NEEDS OF REFUGEES IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Persecuted in Burma, the Rohingya have had to flee their country; today, nearly one million are refugees in a camp, located near Cox\u2019s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res was approached by the NGO Friendship to help improve the alarming health and social conditions; there was considerable insecurity in the evenings when going to wells and latrines, particularly for women and children. Although a lot of lighting equipment had been installed, much of it was no longer functioning due to a lack of local skills to maintain or repair it.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”TRAINING IN RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res, working closely with Schneider Electric and the NGO Friendship<\/a>, has designed a training programme in renewable electricity\u200b. \u200bRohingya and Bangladeshi<\/strong> apprentices have, in particular \u200bbeen trained in the installation of lighting and power supply equipment\u200b,<\/strong> as well as in maintaining and repairing it. The practical results appeared immediately: solar \u200bstreet lighting<\/strong> and solar panel kits<\/strong> were deployed, while individual lights were distributed to those families who needed them most. Sensitive areas have been lighted \u200bto increase the refugees’ security.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This training gave the apprentices an opportunity to \u200bacquire skills in the field of renewable energy\u200b<\/strong>. In addition, they were able to improve their \u200bself-sufficiency<\/strong>; they were given \u200bbasic entrepreneurial training<\/strong> so that they could set up their own business.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH THAT CAN BE REPLICATED, AT COX\u2019S BAZAR CAMP AND ELSEWHERE” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Today, with another 600,000 Rohingya remaining in Burma, the exodus to Bangladesh could continue. The need for light and energy is expected to grow, confirming the need for the \u200bempowerment of the population<\/strong>\u200b. In addition, the approach adopted by Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res in this project could be replicated in other refugee or IDP camps, wherever the lighting must be sustainable.<\/p>\n

Taking into account sustainable energy solutions constitutes a significant step forward in the construction of responses to assist refugees: \u201c\u200bSustainable access to light and electricity enables people to live in greater peace, and offers them an opportunity to return to economic and social activities. It\u2019s helping them to restart their lives.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> states Jean-David Mechali, the volunteer managing the \u200bLight for the Rohingya project for Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=67qpB7XVvug&t=11s” el_width=”80″ align=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The project <\/em><\/strong>“Light for the Rohingya”<\/strong> project was carried out with the support of: <\/em><\/strong>The city of Paris<\/a>, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Crisis and Support Centre)<\/a>, Schneider Electric Foundation<\/a>, Fondation de France<\/a>, Bruneau Foundation<\/a> and Sunna Design<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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PRESS CONTACT:<\/strong> Sol\u00e8ne Vergerolle, +33.1.84.21.10.49, solene.vergerolle@electriciens-sans-frontieres.org<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res designed a \u200btraining programme in renewable electricity\u200b. \u200bRohingya and Bangladeshi apprentices have, in particular, \u200bbeen trained in the installation of lighting and power supply equipment\u200b, as well as in maintaining and repairing it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23636"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28389,"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23636\/revisions\/28389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}