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Replacing dangerous fires and expensive, smoky, and polluting kerosene lanterns, the solar lanterns aim to reduce respiratory disease, eye distress and climate change.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana>The lanterns, known as  Mwangabora, the Kenyan term for  better light, also serve an important economic function. By offsetting the money normally used to buy kerosene fuel an average of $4 USD a week villagers in distressed communities are able to buy food and begin to lift themselves out of poverty.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana>To date, Use Solar, Save Lives has aided in the start of 15 unique economic community ventures, improving education standards by providing light for students, and providing income for sustenance in poor, rural communities.Such as the solar lantern made by Hitide(a manufacturer of solar products in China),this product not only can be used for camping but also be suited for reading.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana>Wadongo notes that 65,000 people have been helped so far thanks to the distribution of solar lanterns, many of whom are school-age children.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana>But he wants to do more. His goal is to distribute 100,000 solar lanterns and set up a workshop in Kenya for the production of the lanterns, each of which costs 25 dollars to produce. He s hoping being named a Top Ten Hero by CNN will help bring awareness to his cause and garner support from individuals, non-profits, and other organizations.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Verdana> I got the idea when I was working on Christmas lights during my first year in campus, said Wadongo.  And I reflected back on my upbringing and the life I went through. It s the best thing we can do for these communities. </FONT></P> <P></FONT><IMG src="http://www.hitidesolar.com/eweb/UploadFile/201011813196825.jpg" border=0></P></td> </tr> </table> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="75%" height="35" align="left"><div align="center">Author:Jimmy Xu</div></td> <td align="center"><div align="center">Time:2010-11-8</div></td> </tr> </table> </div></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" class="bgbottom"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <table width="1003" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1B80B4"><iframe id=testbottom style="height:expression(1); aho:expression(autoResize())" src="../bottom1.asp" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" width="100%"></iframe></td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <!-- End ImageReady Slices --> </body> </html>