Solar Power for Lusi Community children!

The Lusi Community Orphans Project is local organization near Kisumu that trains orphans in skills such as beekeeping, chicken and dairy farming and crafts. The project generates income from these activities, which is then passed back to the orphans in the form of food, clothing, educations grants and training.

In mid-2005, Elfu Bob supported the project through the purchase of solar panels and accessories to power a refrigeration unit. The fridge is used to store the milk that the project sells to neighbours, as well as vaccines for the chickens that the orphans raise.

Aside from keeping these products from spoiling, and spreading an environmental message, the solar powered fridge has been the talk of the surrounding villages. We hear that when the Lusi orphans first started selling the cold milk, the village elders thought that the children must have dug deep down in to the ground to place their milk churns in order to create such a cold drink! Income from milk sales and healthy chickens has also increased, making more money available to pay school fees for the children. If anyone is visiting the Kisumu vicinity, please stop by and have a nice cold glass of milk!