Bob Freling is helping to bring energy to developing countries

Bob Freling has a passion to empower people through developing ways to get sustainable energy sources to some of the remotest regions of the world.  Bob believes that this is a foundational aspect of alleviating poverty. Bob established The Solar Electric Light Fund in order to endeavor to make a positive change in this important area.  The Solar Electric Light Fund helps to get power to some to the most remote regions in the world.

So what are some of the benefits that SELF lists in it’s web site:

Energy is a foundation, a prime condition, a prerequisite to a healthy living and a competitive economy, without which:

• Health Clinics go without lighting and medical equipment and without necessary refrigeration to preserve vaccines and anti-venom serum for yellow fever, polio, tetanus, whooping cough, and hepatitis A and B.
• Schools go without dependable lighting to facilitate education and ensure the well-being of their students.
• Community knowledge is compromised when connectivity by radio and telephone is power-constrained.
• Agricultural production is hindered by lack of irrigation systems, which leads to the loss of precious day-light hours to traditional fuel-gathering, severely impeding economic progress.
• Homes are lit with kerosene lamps, which give dim and wavering light, emit cancer-causing smoke, and cause thousands of devastating house fires every year. In contrast, light produced by solar power is carbon free clean, steady, bright, and safe
• Surface Water is dangerously contaminated with disease-carrying waste and agricultural runoff.
• Micro-Enterprise is severely hampered, as nightfalls comes at about 6:30 p.m. year-round, effectively ending the productive work day without access to electric light.
• Urban Migration causes explosive growth of cities in developing nations, straining the natural environment and overwhelming cities’ social service systems.

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