Daraja Academy is an all girls secondary school in Kenya. Daraja uses generators to power their school and due to high costs, they turn the generators off at night. While the savings are necessary for the school, the darkness makes it difficult for the girls to study at night. So Timbuk2 sent two FLAP bags to the Daraja Academy to see if the bags would be useful for Daraja’s students. The Daraja team was put together the video below to show the FLAP bags were indeed useful on campus. Daraja’s feedback is incredibly helpful in making the FLAP bag a more useful and efficient source of portable light.
Timbuk2 Solar Bags at Daraja Academy from Mark Lukach on Vimeo.
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The partnership between Daraja and Timbuk2 seems truly remarkable. I plan on showing this short film to my sophomore students (in Nashville, Tennessee) to hopefully inspire some personal motivation to succeed. Perhaps some perspective can be gained when they see Daraja students doing homework via night-light.
Matt. That is fantastic! The Daraja girls are quite remarkable. If there is any additional information we can provide to help craft a meaningful lesson for your students, please let us know.