Saturday, May 21, 2011

Slideshow: Barefoot Power brings solar lighting to off-the-grid areas in East Africa

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A couple hours drive on a dusty road outside of the southern town of Masaka, Uganda, you'll find Musubiro Village. Miles from the closest electricity grid, there is little hope of government power coming this way anytime soon.

In Musubiro, like so many other villages across Africa, the main source of light is kerosene- which is not only expensive, but has a myriad of negative health side affects, and the risk that always comes when you mix open flames and straw thatched roof dwellings. Typically, the day's chores are done, children's studying is over, and small shops are closed when the sun goes down at 7:30 p.m.

Not anymore....

Slideshow: Barefoot Power brings solar lighting to off-the-grid areas in East Africa

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