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9:38 AM
August 18th, 2008

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In places where there is absolutely no electricity or running water, having light at night is a luxury many families don’t have and never did and which we take for granted in developed countries,

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Solar Flashlight Lets Africa’s Sun Deliver the Luxury of Light to the Poorest Villages - New York Times

But something is wrong in this picture,

unless the receivers of our largesse - those local villagers - are engaged, this is just the old paternalism dressed up in new technology. Good ideas must sing and dance with the villagers in order to sustain change. That’s why the microloaners are so much to be admired - they actually require the villagers to engage with each other in all kinds of community-sustaining ways. More

Notes in a bottle...