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Lighting Kibera

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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Oct 1st 2012: Adventure Pride centre 2012 candidates pose for a group photo at their common playground. The class is optimistic that they will do their best in the upcoming (already ended) national examination. This is all attributed to the water bottle bulb that has been on their side while studying.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22nd 2012: Achieng christine Awuor notes that  "We take for granted our electric lights, windows and skylights to access the sun's glow, but for those living in shanties with corrugated-metal roofs, a stray ray is welcome, and something that can spread light to the darkest interior corners can be a dream come true."<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22nd 2012: Naim Kalunda buying boiled maize enroute to school. Since he leaves the house early in the morning, he rarely has enough time to prepare and have breakfast at home. Alternatively this has become his best option in the quest of seeking education and getting to utilize the free resource of solar light in class.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Oct 1st 2012: Christine Apiyo who is a candidate of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - KCPE- really thanks the co-ordinators of the water bottle bulb project. She maintains that without the start of the project most of what she is currently doing would not have been possible.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Oct 1st 2012: Schooling at Adventure Pride centre. Millions of poor schools and homes in Kenya and far more around Africa and the world are left in the dark because metal rooftops block all light and there are no connections to the electrical grid in cramped informal settlements. This simple bottle bulb, installed through a sealed hole cut in the metal roofs, provides a surprising amount of light by deflecting sunlight into gloomy interiors. <br />
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Photo Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22nd 2012: A group of the Adventure pride Centre pupils demonstrate the process of making the water bottle bulb. One of these "do-it-yourself" lights takes maybe an hour to install. Cutting an appropriate hole, inserting a bleached-water-filled bottle, and resealing around the resulting gap. Even where clean water is rare, a little can generally be spared for almost a decade of lighting. In addition, bleach is added to the water to avoid contamination of the water thus making it last and shine longer.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22nd 2012: Kibera is the most studied slum in Africa. Only about 20% of Kibera has electricity. UN-Habitat is in the process of providing power to some parts of Kibera – this will include street lighting, security lighting and connection to the shanties (this costs Ksh 900 per shanty, which in most cases is not affordable).<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22nd 2012: Naim Kalunda leaves home in the morning for school. This has been a routine for him and he has learn to undertake this kind of lifestyle. Initially he would leave home not that early in the morning because the class was not lit enough to allow him and his classmates to conduct their study easily.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22nd 2012: Naim Kalunda reaching out for the door to open the classroom. Since he is the class prefect, he is accustomed to this duty everyday. On normal occasions, Naim will utilize this small time to catch up on his assignments before submission time.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Oct 1st 2012: The school's headteacher notes that the project has been of great benefit to his pupils and continues to mention that their academic success will forever come from this water bottle initiative. <br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Dec 8th 2012: Thank you note letters of the Adventure Pride Centre KCPE candidates to the co-ordinators of the water bottle bulb project. Through these notes, the pupils express their gratitude to the inventors of this initiative to their school and the project survival team Kenya. They are optimistic that change comes through by understanding our weaknesses.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22nd 2012: A simple bottle bulb, usually a litre soda bottle is filled with a solution of purified water and bleach. The bottle is inserted halfway through a hole drilled in the metal roof and its sides are sealed tightly with plasticine. This will look like a bulb through a sunroof and provides a good amount of light by diffracting sunlight into the classroom and gloomy interiors.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22rd 2012: Naim Kalunda takes the long journey of walk to school, passing through the slum's narrow paths. Most of the houses have no proper sunlight shining through.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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  • Kibera, Nairobi - On Nov 22nd 2012: A section of deep Kibera slum. Because of the start and progress of the water bottle project, the coordinators have at least taken great steps in educating a portion of the slum to assist most of the home dwellers in being able to manage their power consumption during the day.<br />
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Photo: Joe Lukhovi
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