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Students build solar powered lanterns to light up the night for the youth of Ghana

We take for granted many of the things that surround us daily on a constant basis and assume that they will continue that way. Constant power supply is one of those things which we take for granted, but there are certain villages which experience complete blackouts that continue for several days at a stretch. It is to improve education for the students living in such rural villages of Ghana that the Surrey University students are building solar powered lanterns to help the students study at night.

Surrey students bringing solar-powered light to rural Ghana so youth can study at night

As part of their assignment the student team is building homemade solar-powered lanterns that will be taken to the rural villages in Ghana where students cannot study after dark because of no power supply. The idea of making these lanterns came out of the blue to the instructor of the university, who was brought up in Ghana and was very well acquainted with the difficulties of studying at night.

After working in the field he used to come home late and then do his homework with the help of a kerosene lamp, before he could complete his work someone would come and borrow the lamp and he would have to go to school the next day without finishing the work. Later, he traveled back several times to his home town just to find that the conditions there had still not changed over the past years, this prompted him to take action and help the less fortunate students of Ghana.

The students will take these homemade lanterns to several villages in Ghana. They will also be collecting money to provide the needy students with school provisions and scholarships. A book and some required material will be provided to the students that will train them to make their own lanterns.

Via: Canada

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