First Wai Wai community gets full electricity
GINA-November 10th 2003Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues, on Wednesday, commissioned a solar powered lighting system in the Wai Wai community of Masakenyari, formerly known as Gunstrip, Upper Essequibo River.
The area, in southwestern Guyana, is the most remote village in the country with 30 Wai Wai families.
The community will be provided with electricity through energy saving fluorescent (ESF) lamps at a cost of $6M, including labour and air transportation.
The Masakenyari residents contributed $400,000 to the project which was financed by Conservation International-Guyana (CIG).
A release from CIG stated that the project culminated in 2002 when the Village Captain of …
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