A displaced Palestinian living in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip has built a makeshift wind turbine to provide electricity to the tents where his family and other residents are sheltering.
Unable to afford solar panels, the man turned to the region’s frequent breezes as a free source of power, assembling the turbine from locally sourced materials.
The improvised device is connected to a small battery system that supplies electricity for everyday essentials such as lighting, phone charging and the operation of a few household appliances.
Gaza has long struggled with chronic electricity shortages, a situation that has worsened for the many people displaced by recent hostilities and now living in temporary camps.
The turbine illustrates the resourcefulness of residents coping with limited infrastructure, offering a low‑cost, renewable alternative that could be replicated by other families facing similar constraints.
<small>Source: Africanews — read the original story there.</small>
