A Jordanian woman invests solar energy in lighting 80 homes in the Badia

ArabiaWeather.com- Rafia Anad "Umm Qamar", a Jordanian woman from the eastern Badia region, was able to light 80 homes in her area using solar energy, after obtaining a grant from the Indian government to finance the purchase of the necessary equipment for the project.

The story of Rafia, a woman in her thirties - a mother of four daughters - began to light her village using solar energy despite all the obstacles she faced, when she returned from India after completing a training program presented by Indian expert Roy Banker, who founded with a group of individuals barefoot college in India in 1972. , according to the "Progress" website.

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Environment and the Sustainable Development Association chose Rafia, who does not write or read in 2011, to join a training program in India aimed at training illiterate women in the world and teaching them the skills of generating electricity using solar energy, in order to contribute to solving the crisis of her remote village - Manshiyat Al-Ghayath. After being exhausted by their lack of access to permanent electricity.