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Visit our Demo village, Bunabumali, in Eastern Uganda.

The Virtual VillagePump is business model that can be copied by any rural community in Africa. It shows how the traditional development approach can be made more effective by re-arranging actions, reshuffling available resources and re-defining the main goals of the initiator of a project.

Our approach increases local commitment, shows alternative routes towards the goal and identifies ways to reduce the need for hard to get external capital if there are insufficient guarantees. # Visit our Demo village, Bunabumali, in Eastern Uganda. The Virtual VillagePump is business model that can be copied by any rural community in Africa. It shows how the traditional development approach can be made more effective by re-arranging actions, reshuffling available resources and re-defining the main goals of the initiator of a project. Our approach increases local commitment, shows alternative routes towards the goal and identifies ways to reduce the need for hard to get external capital if there are insufficient guarantees. More Search # Twitter you can put twitter code here # Flickr you can put flickr code here # About us The Bunabumali Good Samaritan & Needy School project an initiative from Emmanuel Norman Nakhokho who contacted VillageTalk in search for creative solutions to get school items, and other highly necessary equipment into Bunabumali, Mbale Province, Eastern Uganda. Meet the team. # Blogroll

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This project will introduce simple, locally assembled, affordable LED solar lanterns to the poorest communities. It will provide people with a cheap alternative to kerosene, saving many lives.

Lighting Malawian homes gives a great example of what can be dione with next to nothing

The components needed to make a solar powered LED light cost about £4. Once assembled, the final product can be sold for up to £7. This is cheaper than in other countries, as materials are cheaper in Malawi.