The BoGo Light is a scientific, eco-friendly breakthrough that according to its inventor is making an impact worldwide. "From Cairo to Cape Town, from the Caribbean to the Amazon, it is improving the lives of individuals, families, and entire villages by replacing costly kerosene, candles, and disposable battery flashlights with an affordable, long lasting, solar flashlight".
BoGo means Buy one, Give one. "We want our lights to benefit the less fortunate; therefore, with each light purchased in the developed world, a second identical light will be donated to an organization that will distribute it in the developing world with our direct financial support".
VIA: Allegra Fuller Snyder
Learn more: http://bogolight.com/
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This is something we have been looking at as a need for a long time. In conjuction with the issues of intermittent electricity - the issue is also that the batteries supplied to developing areas are usually of such low quality, that they need replacing quite often.
The other option is the wind up flash light - I'm not sure about cost/durability issues - but the nice thing about the wind up light is that you can forget it during the day and still have light whenever you need it.
Thanks to today's LEDs this is great tech.
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