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Playground Equipment Brings Light to Isolated Ghana Villages01-13-11 | News
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Playground Equipment Brings Light to Isolated Ghana Villages




Matt Miller, CEO of Playworld Systems, Inc. (cap on, left), traveled to Ghana in November 2010 to participate in the installations of the first two ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Playworld Systems has partnered with Empower Playgrounds, Inc., a nonprofit that provides renewable energy to villages in Ghana through electricity-generating playground equipment and smart LED lanterns. By lending its research and development resources, materials and facilities, Playworld Systems is helping Empower Playgrounds further its mission by accelerating production of the play equipment merry-go-rounds known as ?EUR??,,????'?????<




Isolated villages in Ghana do not have electricity, however, when the kids play on the ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Ben Markham, a retired ExxonMobil engineer from Utah, founded Empower Playgrounds in 2007 after spending time in Ghana as a missionary. ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Approximately 3,000 children have access to the whirls, which have been installed by Empower Playgrounds in the most remote and deprived villages. By 2012, Playworld Systems and Empower Playgrounds plan to make the power-generating systems available to developing nations across the globe.

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