In rural Kenya there is a shortage of electricity. Evan Wadongo, 23, knows how poor these people are. They have to use most of their money on firewood and coal to light up their houses just enough to make the house lighter than dim. Knowing this, Evan created a LED solar powered lamp. Growing up around a emphasis on on education with his dad being a High School teacher he studied with the lighting of coal and firewood and wound up with eyesight problems. He believes that the money that these families save on coal and firewood could be used to buy food and at the same time reduce poverty in Kenya. He is providing these lanterns for FREE!!!
Wadongo estimates that he has distributed about 10,000 lanterns. Now when Evan walks into a village the people greet him with celebration and song. Evan changes to the world have gotten him nominated for CNN Hero of the Year. VOTE FOR EVAN!!
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