Main » 2011 April 25 » Evans Vadongo wins the Acceleration Prize for solar powered lanterns
1:12 PM Evans Vadongo wins the Acceleration Prize for solar powered lanterns | |
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former USSR’s President, has marked his 80th birthday in gala style at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The great politician, who in the West is known as "the man who changed the world”, has picked the people who are changing the epoch. USE SOLAR, SAVE LIVES Among others, the Acceleration Prize, which recognizes scientists, has been awarded to Kenyan engineer Evans Vadongo (also CNN Hero 2010) for creating the cheap solar powered lanterns. The lanterns, according to SDFA Kenya's program, help to improve education standards, reduce respiratory and eye related diseases, reduce climate change as well as reduce poverty, in the poorest rural communities in Kenya. | |
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