CNN Hero: MwangaBora Solar Powered Lanterns

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'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?
 
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