Schwerin (dpa/mv) - More than 2000 daycare children in Schwerin rehearse the emergency of a power blackout all day on Wednesday. "Electricity-free throughout the day" is the motto in all facilities of the municipal day-care center company. In the "Waldgeister" daycare center, Mayor Rico Badenschier (SPD) wants to see in the morning (8 a.m.) how the little ones and their caregivers are getting along.
Apart from the heating and the refrigerator in the kitchen, nothing should run that requires electricity from the public grid. According to the daycare management, the aim of the campaign is to learn how to deal with such a situation and to be mentally prepared. The children reportedly made LED lights that run on batteries. The caterer delivers cold dishes and the older ones want to have a barbecue with the caretaker at lunchtime. The parents welcomed the project, it said.
