NEW LAMPS FOR OLD

In Gambia, many village houses are built with straw roofs and, with no electricity, most families live by candlelight once the sun goes down.  Most people sleep on grass mats or straw mattresses.  




HELPING has learned of tragic cases where candles have set light to beds and then the roof, resulting in terrible injuries and sometimes deaths.  

One of our community projects is to buy battery-powered lanterns to reduce these risks.  Curiously, batteries cost roughly the same to buy as candles, so if HELPING provides the lamps, the running cost to families is the same as candlepower.



 


Our picture shows Chris and Margaret with Gambian  members of the team, delivering 150 lamps to the village of Chessay Ma Jaw.