Developing energy alternatives. (The Beat).The UN Foundation has approved two grants to assist poverty-stricken pov·er·ty-strick·en adj. Suffering from poverty; miserably poor. See Synonyms at poor. poverty-stricken Adjective extremely poor Adj. 1. rural areas in Africa and Brazil Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. in obtaining clean and affordable energy. An additional $2.3 million dollars will go to the African Rural Energy Enterprise Development (AREED AREED African Rural Energy Enterprise Development ) program, begun in 2000 by the UN Foundation and the UN Environment Programme. AREED's goal is to support entrepreneurs who can establish climate-friendly technology businesses with modest initial financing. So far, 30 businesses have been launched, providing energy services from sources including solar, wind, and biomass. The second grant of $2.1 million-will help extend the AREED approach to Brazil, where 20-40 million people in the north and northeast “Northeastern” redirects here. For the Boston college, see Northeastern University, Boston. Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest. See boxing the compass. regions lack access to electricity. |
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