Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Low-cost lamps brighten the future of rural India
KHADAKWADI, INDIA - Until just three months ago, life in this humble village without electricity would come to a grinding halt after sunset. Inside his mud-and-clay home, Ganpat Jadhav's three children used to study in the dim, smoky glow of a kerosene lamp. And when their monthly fuel quota of four liters dried up in just a fortnight, they had to strain their eyes using the light from a cooking fire.
That all changed with the installation of low-cost, energy-efficient lamps that are powered entirely by the sun.
"Children can now study at night, elders can manage their chores better," says Mr. Jadhav. "Life doesn't halt anymore when darkness falls."
Read more.. (The Christian Science Monitor, Jan 03, 2006)
That all changed with the installation of low-cost, energy-efficient lamps that are powered entirely by the sun.
"Children can now study at night, elders can manage their chores better," says Mr. Jadhav. "Life doesn't halt anymore when darkness falls."
Read more.. (The Christian Science Monitor, Jan 03, 2006)
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Kenyan inmates fast over drought
Tens of thousands of prisoners in Kenya plan to skip their meal on Sunday to raise money for fellow Kenyans affected by food shortages.
Prisoners in jails across the country are hoping that by diverting funds for their meal to the charity Food Aid, it will help the starving.
Some 2.4 million people are threatened by severe drought across Kenya.
Read more.. (BBC News, Dec 31, 2005)
(Submitted by Sumeet Bhatti)
Prisoners in jails across the country are hoping that by diverting funds for their meal to the charity Food Aid, it will help the starving.
Some 2.4 million people are threatened by severe drought across Kenya.
Read more.. (BBC News, Dec 31, 2005)
(Submitted by Sumeet Bhatti)
