Community #solar LED street light, portable on bike wheel change lives in Mali

Community LED street light portable fixed on bike wheel

Today Ferroni's invention, named by locals as

“Foroba Yelen”, which means “collective light”

The project began in 2011 when Ferroni created the first prototype from an old bike.

“Soon I realised how important is night time in a community accustomed to glimmering flashlights and moonlight,”

and I noticed the locals were mainly sleeping during the searing day and getting up in the evening to work

Each village benefiting from the scheme gets a set of four street lamps and a 50-watt solar panel at a total cost of 500 euros ($685), financed by eLand.

source: vanguardngr.com/2014 | forobayelen.org