GenV Campaigns » Featured http://genvcampaigns.org Launch a social venture. Change the world! Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:40:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Solar Lantern Project http://genvcampaigns.org/2008/11/07/solar-lantern-project/ http://genvcampaigns.org/2008/11/07/solar-lantern-project/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:47:53 +0000 Charles Tsai http://genvcampaigns.org/?p=112 ]]>
A joint effort between students in the U.S. and Nicaragua, the Solar Lantern Project develops and distributes a low cost solar lighting solution for Northern Nicaragua where 80% of the population does not have access to electricity. The subsidized solar lanterns help people read, study, work and do household chores without having to spend money on kerosene.

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Unable to afford school fees, William Kamkwamba, 14, dropped out of secondary school in Malawi and taught himself to make a windmill from scratch.

His invention generated more than just clean energy for his village (which never had power), but also lots of attention – from the media and the social sector.

Watch William’s remarkable story in this short documentary that premiered on Pangea Day.

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