Surayati’s village is in a remote patch of land, 20km away from the nearest town. She has no access to basic needs like electricity. When night falls, she lights a small fire by burning palm kernels to provide light for her family. Blanketed by darkness, she contemplates why her life has remained unchanged and what…
It’ll only cost you 80 cents* to charge your mobile phone… for a year. That’s unbelievably cheap and a negligible expense. After all, what is 80 cents a year? What if I told you instead that it’ll cost you RM624 to charge your mobile phone for a year? On top of that, it’s going to…
Nenek Jamilah is a Jakun orang asli living deep in the interiors of Pahang. Her husband has long passed away so she lives alone. Despite being in her 80s, she still works as a rubber tapper, earning RM60-70 every two weeks. She spent RM25 of her hard-earned money to buy a USB rechargeable lamp to…
The Alllights Village project brings inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar lanterns to remote communities with limited access to electrical power, providing nighttime illumination for children’s studies and other household needs. GPF Korea previously supported All Lights Villages in the Philippines as part of a joint Global Peace Leadership Exchange initiative between GPF Korea and the GPF Philippines.…
Date: Year 2012 | Venue: Kg. Sosopon & Kg. Terian, Penampang, Sabah, East Malaysia In conjunction with GPLE Malaysia, the GPF Korea decided to extend their ‘Alllights Village’ projects to several areas in East Malaysia, following the programme’s success in Philippines during the Global Peace Leadership Exchange initiative between GPF Korea and the GPF Philippines.…
GPF Korea President Dr. David Yoo announced the expansion of GPFF’s All Lights Village Project to serve rural residents of the Malaysian state of Sabah in Borneo on May 28, 2012. The All Lights Village project brings inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar lanterns to remote communities with limited access to electrical power, providing nighttime illumination for children’s…