A walk in the dark through Belgangi Refugee Camp In February 2015, I was lucky enough to visit Belgangi Refugee Camp, Nepal at night. Where we left the car in a group the headlights, a streetlight, and lights in the medical center illuminated the space we occupied. We...
“Humanitarian assistance and development have usually been seen as distinct areas of national and global governance”… (State of the World’s Refugees, 2006) If innovation could be a bridge between humanitarian assistance and development, which bridge would...
In the video below, world famous track cyclist Robert Förstemann battles a 700w toaster. Can he, with his 74cm legs, generate enough energy to create a golden-brown toast? The challenge was set up to show how much energy we humans consume compared to what we can...
Refugees have reported that, thanks to solar streetlights in the refugee camps around Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, there’s now more freedom of movement in and around the camps. Security has increased and people can go to the market, read, or study at night – activities that...
