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    Posted December 20, 2008 by
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    nyamata, Rwanda
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    Freeplay Foundation- Lighting up Rwanda

    By AfricaLights  |  Posted December 20, 2008  |  nyamata, Rwanda
     

    More than 500 million people in Africa have no access to electricity.  The Freeplay Foundation provides wind-up and solar-powered lights to the poorest of the poor -- orphaned children in Rwanda. Meet some of the children who received their first Lifelights, on December 10. Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks and the Lemelson Foundation funded Freeplay Foundation's development of the Lifelights.

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