THE Second Vice President of Zanzibar, Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi said
at the weekend that solar power lamp would inspire development for
Zanzibar and Mainland people.
Speaking while receiving 400 of the solar powered lamp worth Tsh 25m/-
from The Netherlands solar company, Waka Waka held in Zanzibar,
Ambassador Iddi said the aid was a big assistance for the development
of Matetema and Kichungwani villagers as they are alternative energy.
“By using the solar power lamp, people will reduce the usage of
kerosene as well as living costs. This is a part of development in
these villages,” he said.
Speaking at the ceremony, one of the founders of Wakawaka Company,
Maurits Groen said it was known that many people in Africa use local
made kerosene light (vibatali) to enlighten their homes so the
introduced technology would help them to avoid negative effects of
kerosene smoke.
“The smoke affects lungs, eyes and sometimes causes fire accidents,
hence these lights would let us avoid all of these,” said Groen.
He said the donated lamps were made by higher technology and are
useful in Africa where sun light is available all over the year and by
recharging them for eight hours, they will be able to provide light
for 16 consecutive hours.
The Wakawaka Company Marketing Director, Bill Carney said their
company that do businesses in more than 20 countries in the would, 15
countries in Africa only, leads in providing such equipment due to the
research they did before entering in the business.
“We hope that in the near future we will introduce new solar power
equipment,” he said.
It is estimated that more than 1.5 people all over the world live
without electricity as they depend on kerosene to get light while more
than six million people injured by fire accident due to the usage of
kerosene.
Researches indicate that more than 780 women and children inhale
unhealthy air weigh about two packets of cigarette a day.
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