Caritas Philippines lights up poor communities with renewable energy

August 3, 2018
By Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter

Manila, Philippines — The social action arm of the Philippine Catholic bishops’ conference is doubling efforts to promote the use of renewable energy to light up poor communities around the country.

Caritas Philippines has partnered with a local solar power system provider to accelerate the country’s transition to renewable energy and to facilitate the “eradication of energy poverty,” ucanews.com reported.