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l Health and Development — Full text articles Paton the 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 ye
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019430 →ars, 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 are going to university thanks to the lamp." The solar lantern, which looks like an old-fashioned kerosene hurri
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019430 →nt surprise. In a novel twist, the lantern, which costs $38 (£24.50), can also be used to charge mobile phones. The award provided a huge fillip for Thakkar's company, Sunlite. As word spread, relief agencies placed increasingly large orders. About 100,000 of the lamps have been (or are being) used after
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019430 →al Health and Development - Full text articles Pat on the 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 ye
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028639 →ears, 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 are going to university thanks to the lamp." The solar lantern, which looks like an old-fashioned kerosene hurric
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028639 →ant surprise. In a novel twist, the lantern, which costs $38 (£24.50), can also be used to charge mobile phones. The award provided a huge fillip for Thakkar's company, Sunlite. As word spread, relief agencies placed increasingly large orders. About 100,000 of the lamps have been (or are being) used after
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028639 →rpose do development awards serve? <http://www.the=uardian.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 y
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