Friday May 26, 2023
KARACHI: Representative Donald Blome Friday said the US was set out to grow its specialized collaboration with Pakistan to advance clean energy and help the nation in its progress towards sustainable assets.
Blome expressed this during his visit to Thatta, Jhimpir, the breeze hallway, as a component of the US-Pakistan Green Coalition structure that means to additionally fortify the reciprocal organization between our two nations.
Under the structure, the US is locked in with accomplices all through Pakistan to help clean energy and feasible water the executives in the country.
"I'm unbelievably satisfied to have the option to go through Sindh region today and meet with our accomplices supporting the US-Pakistan 'Green Coalition' structure," said Minister Blome.
"This outing is an opportunity to see and feature US interest in the district, and the way things are centered around supporting Pakistan as it reinforces environment strength, seeks after energy change, and cultivates comprehensive monetary development.
Ambassador Blome visited the USAID-funded power plant in Jhimpir and the Hawa Energy Limited wind farm project funded by the US International Development Finance Corporation.
The plant contributes 50 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy to Pakistan's national grid, enough to power more than 10,000 homes.
He also visited the Center for Advanced Water Studies at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology—originally established under a $12 million cooperative agreement between Mehran University and USAID—where he discussed partnerships between U.S. and Pakistani universities that strengthen water research and environment. related fields.
"The 'Green Alliance' framework helps us together meet current and future climate, energy, water and economic needs," Blome said in the same statement.
During his visit to Karachi, Ambassador Blome visited a UNICEF project funded by the US government, where he had the opportunity to see how a solar reverse osmosis desalination plant installed in a community mosque is making a positive difference in the lives of Afghan refugees and Pakistanis. members of the host community.
He observed a mobile nutritional screening and heard how the project helps children and pregnant and nursing mothers in the area, which does not have a local health clinic.
He also congratulated the recent graduates of the Vocational Training Institute for Women, where UNHCR, through US funding, supports skills training for Afghan refugees and women from the Pakistani host community.
Ambassador Blome also visited Makli Cemetery, one of the largest historical burial grounds in the world. He visited the site along with the Sindh Minister of Culture and a representative of the Heritage Foundation to see the results of the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) project worth $260,000 to preserve and stabilize the 400-year-old tombs of Sultan Ibrahim and Amir Sultan. Muhammad, two of the most important structures on Makli Hill.
Over the past 20 years, AFCP has provided $7.1 million to support 32 projects to preserve, preserve and restore Pakistan's rich cultural heritage.
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