Fifty dollars is indeed a lot of money to some of our neighbors south of the border but pales in comparison to the thousands that many pay to reach the land of opportunity. Fritz ________________________________ From: Louise Power [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:51 PM To: Off Topic Subject: [ot_caving] Another LED success story
In an e-mail to Jim Conrad the other day, I was telling him about an organization I have just discovered that is providing LED light to rural areas in third world nations through small solar collectors for just a small amount of investment on their part. I saw something about it on "Good Morning America" recently and the investment is about $50/installation. I know that is a lot to these folks, but this organization is helping people get this without the personal investment. I said to Jim: "I was thinking of the electrical situation in 28 de Junio* when I ran across a site on the internet for "Light Up the World Foundation." Their purpose: Light Up The World Foundation (LUTW) is the first humanitarian organization to utilize renewable energy and solid-state lighting technologies to bring affordable, safe, healthy, efficient, and environmentally responsible illumination to people who do not have access to power for adequate lighting. LUTW remains the world's leader in this endeavour: globally active and setting standards in the field. They have a project in Chihuahua through the Marist Brothers who work with the Tarahumara. It was supposed to be complete in 2004. Their site: " http://www.lightuptheworld.org/about.htm Does anybody know anything about or have any experience with Light Up the World Foundation? I thought it was a neato keen idea. *For those of you who may not have been reading Jim's newsletter, 28 de Junio is the small community he was living in in Chiapas until recently. They rather brazenly steal their electricity from a neighboring town via illegal wires. When the wires go down, they have no electricity and, of course, the power company won't come out and fix the problem. I know this wouldn't solve their whole problem (like electricity to make things run), but it might solve their lighting problem. For a more enlightened community, Louise
