Posté par Fabulafricana
Bringing solar light, reducing living cost for his people, decresasing unemployement rates… no wonder why Evans was named a CNN Heroe in 2010. As a young boy Evans was often figthing with his 3 other sibblings for kerosene light which fumes can cause respiratory & eye vision problems. While at Kenyan University of Agriculture working on a expirement with LED Christmas lights he had an aha moment; he figured that he could come up with solar lights solutions. Of course the path from it being an idea to it really being a viable solution took time .His family, the local artisans,the sustainable Development for All-Kenya ONG all backed him up. Indeed today he is the chairman of that ONG.Today thousands of Kenyan villagers have mwanga bora (good light in Swahili).Evans & his team linked up with another CNN Heroe Marie De Silva who started the Jacaranda School for children orphaned …
