Congolese Nun Overcomes Blackouts by Becoming Electrician to Create Hydroelectric Plant

Occasionally swapping sandals for wading boots, but keeping their veils tucked under their hard hats, a group of Congolese nuns has been trained in electrical engineering to keep the town’s hydroelectric running smoothly.

Powering a convent, a church, two schools, and a clinic, Sister Alphonsine Ciza’s work on the local mini hydroelectric plant is both free and vital for the city of Miti in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ciza and some of her sisters were sent by their convent to study electrical engineering.

“The convent needed a technician, someone who could help,” Ciza told Reuters. “In me they saw in me the talent of electrical engineering so they offered me the opportunity to go and study.”

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