Evans Wadongo

"It just gives me the satisfaction knowing that im lifting people out of poverty, i just feel that its right"

Evans is a young man that grew up in a small village in the western part of Kenya. He invented a solar powered LED lantern. When villagers see him coming down the road, men, women and children start singing and dancing.

He says that villagers only soource of heat comes from kerosene and wood. Villagers spend so much on kerosene that they cant afford food. He also has dreams of inventing something so drastic that it will change the way villagers live and give them more opportunities for children to go to improve their education. 

With a lack of good light to study by -- Wadongo often had to share one lantern with his siblings and other family members -- he remembers the frustration of unfinished homework and poor exam performance. So at the top of his list is to help children do well in school.

He says that children are forced to leave school because of the poverty and then the cycle continues because they lose out on the opportunities that school can provide.