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Beba Jua Mkononi means "Hold the sun in your hand" in Swahili. The Senator Obama Secondary School was given 10 solar panels in August of 2009 by Greenpeace. These solar panels can power ten computers during school hours, which are between 8 A.M. to 17 P.M. Kogelo village, Siaya District, Kenya, November 2010.

Jackline Achieng Ouma is computer lab teacher at the Senator Obama Secondary School, she comes from Ugenya, Western Kenya. Kogelo village, Siaya District, Kenya, November 2010.

Mother and baby walk through the Uhuru Market where the window of the past and the future meet. The Uhuru market is powered with energy just from sunlight. Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

Solar panels sitting on the carpenter tool shed in Got Oyenga Village. Kenya, November 2010.

This woman has brought her sugar cane from her farm to sell at the Uhuru Market, which is powered by solar panels. Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

Doctor Mama Sarah Obama, grand-mother of president Barack Obama of the United States. Greenpeace installed the second solar panel one year ago, in 2009, she already had one from three years ago which she bought herself. Sitting in front of her solar powered house, she greets many vistors from all over the world who wish to see the Grand mother of the first black president in America. The Kenya people are proud of the fact that Obama is of Kenya heritage, she has become a big tourist attraction. Kogelo village, Siaya District, Kenya, November 2010.

Clement O Odongo son of Stephen Ochiengo Okoth. His father is a local farmer in the village of Ulafu who became interested in solar energy, and decided to go to Nairobi and purchase a solar panel so he would be able to charge his cell phone. It changed his life, because where he is living there is no electricity. Ulafu, Kenya, November 2010.

Relatives siting in front of the solar powered Sergent John Amari Otiengo home. Lwanda Kotieno, Kenya, November 2010.

The home of Sergent John Amari Otiengo is solar powered. Inside, wires run from the solar panel which is installed on the roof. He had three, one was stolen and the other is not functioning, so now he powers his home with just the one. Lwanda Kotieno, Kenya, November 2010.

Sergent John Amari Otiengo of the Kenyan Army based in Nairobi Langata Baracks. He is on medical leave of his regiment in Lwanda Kotieno. He said that he likes development. He is been using solar power for eight years now. Kenya, November 2010.

A young Kenyan girl who lives in a slum dwelling in Mbita and she thinks solar lamps will make life easier and brighter in her crowed one room metal shack. In Mbita, everybody is aware of the solar energy. Lake Victoria region, Kenya, November 2010.

"Shoes market on the edge of town", Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

Johanes Orieny is assembling solar lamps in Kibera Community Youth Programme (KCYP). Youths of KCYP were trained by Greenpeace for the assembling of a solar power lamp. They build lamps from scratch. The finished product will be taken, given and sold to families living in the Kibera slums. Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

Elisabeth is charging a solar lamp from the youth center window to see if it works. The assembling takes place in KCYP, a youth based organization in Kibera. All the process is made in this room. The assembling is done by 6 consistent members of the project. Fifteen people were trained for the project but others have gotten an opportunity in various related jobs. Nairobi, Kenya.

Johannes Orieny, 23 years old, is opting to be a science teacher became interested in the project as it relate his profession. "One lamp costs a total of Kenya Shillings 3000. Between 2009 and 2010, we have sold over 140 solar lamps. Even though the lamp is durable and long-lasting, the price is quite challenging to Kibera people due low leaving standard." Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

To make money, this young mother crafts bone jewelry. She works 12 hours a day in dark conditions. After 6 P.M., there is no light and she can not see what she is making, the working environment is extremely unhealthy. A solar lamp would help her but she cannot afford it, the cost for a solar lamp is 2500 shillings (about 36 dollars). The Kibera Community youth group feels that every one should receive a solar lamp, and wish there were donors to offer them free, because the place is very dangerous when there is no light. Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

Frederick Gor Omondi and fellow workmate watching him as he decorates the beads using the solar lamp. Frederick Gor, 28 years old, has lived as a slum dweller for eight years, as a job to make money he crafts bone jewelry, he works 12 hours a day in dark conditions where there is very little light in Kibera. There are many power outages throwing it into darkness, after six in the evening there is no light, he has to grind cow bones which he gets from a butcher, he also paints the pieces, which is very detailed. Frederick feels that every one should receive a solar lamp, because the place is very dangerous especially when there is no light, the section of Kibera where he lives is called Sowoto west # 19. He is tired of living as slum dweller and dreams of going to Europe. Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

Wycliffe Samde, 23 years old, with his solar lamp. Uses his lamp to buy milk at night when there is no electricity. He says: "it is very hard to walk around at night, because people will try to kill you for your shoes." He also feels Kerosene is unhealthy and thinks it causes cancer, "The solar lamps are clean and I can see clearly in the dark." Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

There are many power breakdowns in the slums, and solar lamps, would allow local shops to remain open longer. The people of Kibera slums use kerosene lamps which are unsafe, the solar lamps would be a environment friendly alternative. Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2010.

This solar panel at the Bad Kambi market is used by the local people to charge their batteries for their cell phones. There is also power for the ice box for cold drinks, people can buy soda and sit around and watch T.V. all powered by solar energy. Karungu, Kenya, November 2010.