Safe Bottle Lamp Project
One man’s mission to stop the horrific, and totally avoidable, injuries caused by unsafe kerosene lamps in Sri Lanka.
“If I win the World Challenge I can make and distribute 40,000 of these lamps, protecting over 80,000 people from these horrific burn injuries” Dr
Wijaya Godakumbura, Safe Bottle Lamp Project
Despite an electrification programme, over 6 million people in Sri Lanka, nearly one third of the population, don’t have power. Many families rely on improvised lamps made from bottles to light their homes at night, but these can often spill and cause horrific injuries – figures suggest 300,000 people around the world die from accidental kerosene burns every year. Dr Wijaya Godakumbura, a surgeon who witnessed the terrible results of these accidents has designed a safe Lamp that can't roll over and cause a fire. To date, his small foundation has handed out about 7,75,000 of the safe lamps.
Dr. Godakumbura is one of the 12 finalist this year in 'World Challenge 2009". Let's help him on his mission to save innocent lives. It is not a victory of a single person but a victory of our motherland.
To vote please go to http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/2009-finalists-project10.php
Vote is collected only till 13th November
(Me thread eka ma wisin thaniwama sakasana laddak wana athara Dr. Godakumbura ho wenath kisima parashawayaka balapamak mehi nomathi bawada karunawen salakanna)
Thank You
KGP
One man’s mission to stop the horrific, and totally avoidable, injuries caused by unsafe kerosene lamps in Sri Lanka.
“If I win the World Challenge I can make and distribute 40,000 of these lamps, protecting over 80,000 people from these horrific burn injuries” Dr
Wijaya Godakumbura, Safe Bottle Lamp Project
Despite an electrification programme, over 6 million people in Sri Lanka, nearly one third of the population, don’t have power. Many families rely on improvised lamps made from bottles to light their homes at night, but these can often spill and cause horrific injuries – figures suggest 300,000 people around the world die from accidental kerosene burns every year. Dr Wijaya Godakumbura, a surgeon who witnessed the terrible results of these accidents has designed a safe Lamp that can't roll over and cause a fire. To date, his small foundation has handed out about 7,75,000 of the safe lamps.
Dr. Godakumbura is one of the 12 finalist this year in 'World Challenge 2009". Let's help him on his mission to save innocent lives. It is not a victory of a single person but a victory of our motherland.
To vote please go to http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/2009-finalists-project10.php
Vote is collected only till 13th November
(Me thread eka ma wisin thaniwama sakasana laddak wana athara Dr. Godakumbura ho wenath kisima parashawayaka balapamak mehi nomathi bawada karunawen salakanna)
Thank You
KGP
