Aimé Borges Romero is a grateful and happy mother today. Thanks to a program for bedridden children that provided her daughter, Gretchen Lorena Rodríguez Borjas. With a portable power station in the province of Holguin.
For several years, a degenerative disease of the central nervous system has forced her young daughter to rely on a permanent ventilator. A vacuum cleaner, and a pressure-relieving mattress. All essential for her quality of life—a true challenge. Amidst the fuel shortage that causes power outages.
Borges Romero, a resident of the Pedro Díaz Coello neighborhood in the provincial capital. She told the Cuban News Agency how much peace of mind this system brings. Powered by a solar panel. It allows the necessary equipment for her daughter’s well-being to function.
Previously, they had a generator that required a high amount of gasoline. Which caused constant anxiety during prolonged power outages. As without a guaranteed supply, Gretchen would have to be hospitalized urgently.
Amid the executive order signed by the United States government limiting fuel imports into the country. Arianni Barrera González also expressed her gratitude for the energy system delivered to benefit her two-year-old son, Richard David García Barrera. A resident of the Hilda Torres neighborhood in Holguin.
Richard suffers from Costello syndrome, a rare disease undiagnosed in Cuba since 2010. That limits functions such as nutrition and growth. This requires meticulous attention to Richard’s diet. Which is made possible by this system that allows him to use an electric cooker, a blender, and a refrigerator, Barrera González explained.
Fernando Hechavarría Pupo, director of Renewable Energy Sources at the Holguin Electric Company, noted that three portable charging units were delivered. Two in the provincial capital and one in the municipality of Calixto García. As part of programs supporting vulnerable children and adolescents.
He noted that in the towns of Cueto, Tacajo, and Velasco, where children with disabilities also reside and require 24-hour electricity. So small stations have been established to meet this need.
Although the United States is intensifying its economic embargo. Cuba continues to prioritize the lives and well-being of mothers like Aimé and Arianni. Also who now have guarantees for a better quality of life for their children.
With information from CNA
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