Transcript
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[CHILDREN RECITING TOGETHER]
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AHMED:
I am Ahmed [INAUDIBLE] and I’m in the Liter of Light as a volunteer, to be able to reach each and every home, to educate people. At the same time, help in saving on electricity costs and teach them alternative sources of energy to help them to stop depending on commercial electricity.
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AHMED:
It is possible to do this without being an electronics engineer, without being a technician, but just simple, basic knowledge in electronics. Only two per cent of the Filipinos know about alternative sources of energy, such as solar.
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MALE 1:
What has Liter of Light done to your household?
FEMALE 1:
We are able to save up on electricity. That’s the only thing we use during the day.
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FEMALE 1:
It’s a really bright light, especially when the sun is out.
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MALE 2:
A lot of people have become fond of this invention because they save up a lot. They don’t even need to turn it off.
FEMALE 2:
We heard the news people will teach us about solar power and it got us interested because it’s really one thing we need. That’s why we came.
AHMED:
Let’s start with the bottle, where the light passes through. But even more important is what it can do during night time.
The revisions we made for the standard solar bulb, because it’s useful in just the morning. When the sun is out and the night comes, it is rendered useless to the families.
What we have here, we designed a simple circuit. When night comes the bulb is triggered to light up. We made the circuit available and easy to understand for everybody.
So this is our older bottle. Where we added a bulb. It shuts off during the day when the sun is out and during the night, it automatically turns on.
Theoretically speaking, with the one watt powered light it can light up a 15 square meter room by itself. It means with this light alone you are able to read.
FEMALE 2
This is a big thing for us, who live in far flung areas. I’m excited to spread the news among the women here. It is also something we can make a living out of in the tough times.
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AHMED:
We will open source all this to help.
Not only for the household but as a means of livelihood. This is Liter of light. A fix for the day time but an even better solution at night.
FEMALE 3:
It is very bright.
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