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back or force for good: what purpose do development awards serve? Mark Tran — Guardian blog Divyesh Thakkar has just returned from refugee camps in Ethiopia, where he was surprised to see portable solar lanterns designed by his company still in use three years after their distribution. The batteries for
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019430 →three years after their distribution. The batteries for the prototype lamps were expected to last only two years, but were still functioning at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they're still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is based in Leicester. "People a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019430 →e back or force for good: what purpose do development awards serve? Mark Tran - Guardian blog Divyesh Thakkar has just returned from refugee camps in Ethiopia, where he was surprised to see portable solar lanterns designed by his company still in use three years after their distribution. The batteries for t
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028639 →e three years after their distribution. The batteries for the prototype lamps were expected to last only two years, but were still functioning at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they're still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is based in Leicester. "People ar
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028639 →As you're reading this, keep in mind one dimension of statistic. Our King County, WA has 1,800 miles of paved roads over about 2,300 square miles. Ethiopia is about 4,300 miles of paved roads over 426,000 square miles (about twice the size of Texas). Texas has about ;;)r.x.an3 n Iv, of paved roads (and
lding a road with modern methods seems impossible to overcome, and certainly not possible for anything but a national highway (one is being built in Jijiga right now, but the lack of water in the city is limiting the pace of construction, which in turn means it will be even longer before water could be
an.com/global- development/2013/aug/26/development-awards-prizes> Mark Tran — Guardian blog Divyesh Thakkar has just =eturned from refugee camps in Ethiopia, where he was surprised to see port=ble solar lanterns designed by his company still in use three years after their distribution. The batteries for
three years after their distribution. The batteries for the pro=otype lamps were expected to last only two years, but were still functioni=g at the Jijiga camp near the Somali border. "It's amazing they'r= still working and to see them changing lives," said Thakkar, who is =ased in Leicester. "People
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