http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/10/donkey-and-solar-powered-mobile-cellphone-charging-station/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:56:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/10/donkey-and-solar-powered-mobile-cellphone-charging-station/comment-page-1/#comment-256659 Scott Deerwester Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:41:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/10/donkey-and-solar-powered-mobile-cellphone-charging-station/#comment-256659 This is a project of the a South African charity called Wheel and Water (http://wheelandwater.co.za/). Among other things, they make human-powered water carts! Not as sexy as the HAPPY, but, according to MIT's Amy Smith, 40,000,000,000 hours are spent just gathering water by the world's poorest people, and products like this can make a significant difference. The site is well worth a look! This is a project of the a South African charity called Wheel and Water (http://wheelandwater.co.za/). Among other things, they make human-powered water carts! Not as sexy as the HAPPY, but, according to MIT's Amy Smith, 40,000,000,000 hours are spent just gathering water by the world's poorest people, and products like this can make a significant difference. The site is well worth a look!

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