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TO GO WITH AFP STORY By Helen VesperiniPhoto made on January 18, 2011 shows Kenyan Evans Wadongo showing the use of one of his solar-powered LED lamps at his workshop in a Nairobi suburbs. Not yet 25, Evans has already changed the lives of tens of thousands of his fellow Kenyans living in poor rural communities by supplying them with some 15,000 lamps since producing the first one from pieces of fabricated scrap metal and discarded solar equipment in 2004. AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY By Helen VesperiniPhoto made on January 18, 2011 shows Kenyan Evans Wadongo showing the use of one of his solar-powered LED lamps at his workshop in a Nairobi suburbs. Not yet 25, Evans has already changed the lives of tens of thousands of his fellow Kenyans living in poor rural communities by supplying them with some 15,000 lamps since producing the first one from pieces of fabricated scrap metal and discarded solar equipment in 2004. AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)
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