Our cover picture here is of those being distributed in February 2018 and here is a video from that presentation. I opened the opportunity up to others to join in via GoFundMe and to my amazement in xmas 2017 we raised enough for nearly 500 light bulbs. I'd wanted solar light bulbs please and that's what I would be giving many people too. ![]() My friends and family had been asking what I would like as a gift and I arrived at my answer. ![]() So simple.Īfter seeing that, the consumerism of Christmas and the endless drive for gifts back in the UK was a bit of a shock to adjust back to. The light is also so poor that many school children find it difficult to study after the African sun sets into pitch darkness late afternoon,įor around $15/£11 a new solar lightbulb can transform home, health and bring life to a village after dark. Most villagers there still rely on kerosene lamps which provide very poor light and also have terrible effects on health from eye-sight to lungs (using a kerosene lamp is the equivalent of smoking two packs of cigarettes a day). ![]() She proudly showed us her home and also a single solar light bulb she'd been given which had transformed her life. What do you think Christmas lights look like?Ī year ago on a visit to Rwanda, one of the things that most profoundly moved me was meeting a homeless widow who had had a house built for her through a tourist project.
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