'Saving lives' with solar-powered lights
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- The villagers' faces light up as Evans Wadongo arrives. Men, women and children sing and gather around as he shows how his invention -- a solar-powered LED lantern -- will soon light up their homes.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/02/11/cnnheroes.wadongo/
honored by CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.hero...s.wadongo.html
Their website:
http://sustainabledevelopmentforall....id=4Itemid=10
So, $25 per lantern? Anybody know what makes this thing tick?
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- The villagers' faces light up as Evans Wadongo arrives. Men, women and children sing and gather around as he shows how his invention -- a solar-powered LED lantern -- will soon light up their homes.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/02/11/cnnheroes.wadongo/
honored by CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.hero...s.wadongo.html
Their website:
http://sustainabledevelopmentforall....id=4Itemid=10
So, $25 per lantern? Anybody know what makes this thing tick?