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Imagine. . .
. . . . you have been up since 5 am, fetched water from the borehole, walked several kilometers to school to arrive at 7am. You've worked hard in lessons for most of the day and been given a load of homework to do. You walk home and there are more chores waiting to be done. By the time you've eaten your first meal of the day it's after 6pm and it's pitch black dark but now, at last you have time for homework. But there is a problem. Your house has no electricity and there's rarely any spare money for candles.
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Samuel Sakala, a pupil at Kawaza Basic School, recently showed us a light he had made so that he could do his homework in the evenings. Four old batteries sat wedged in a piece of split bamboo with thin wires protruding at each end. Samuel grasped the wires and two more attached to a tiny bulb hardly bigger than a Christmas tree light. The bulb glowed dully but didn't really produce enough light to read by.
Samuel's plight is typical of the many kids who live in village houses without power but have to do their homework each night. We solved Samuel's problem by supplying him with a donated solar light but now need many more for all the other kids. |
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donate $20 here
. . . . but don't forget to send us an email to tell us which method you have used and what your donation is for. . . . . or bring a solar light to Mfuwe when you come to next come to visit. We will make sure it goes to a child who needs it. |
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$20 includes 2% bank charges and the cost of shipping your solar light to Mfuwe.
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