Jun 29,2010
| "In 2009, 327 Multifunctional Platform businesses generated $275,000 for rural residents. UNDP and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will install 1,400 new Platforms between 2010 and 2015 in Burkina Faso, benefitting 2.5 million people. Women who have invested in a Multifunctional Platform enterprise become more active in their community, showing up at meetings and pressing for change. They often use their extra revenue to contribute financially to community investments, such as the construction of new schools and kindergartens and the repair of wells." Burkina Faso - Affording Women Opportunity through Simple Technology How the simple installation of diesel-powered electricity in a community can transform the lives of many by giving them more time to pursue other interests in life. Comments (View) |
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