HAY-ON-WYE, Wales, May 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
- Jaguar Land Rover unveils unique Hay Festival art installation
to celebrate 'Lighting up Lives' project in Kenya
- 'Lighting up Lives' uses advanced solar technology to give 1.2
million people up to four hours of light every day
- Hay installation uses solar lamps to represent the power of the
sun to transform lives by giving more study and family time
Land Rover is harnessing the power of the sun to transform lives
with a unique art installation at the Hay Festival of Literature
and the Arts. The Night Time Sun is an ambitious
installation using solar lamps, designed to cast its light over
festival-goers as the sun sets.
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The installation is inspired by the work Jaguar Land Rover is
doing to help families in rural Kenya. Its Lighting up Lives project is
bringing safe, reliable solar power to 1.2 million people by
2020.
A lack of grid electricity limits opportunities to study and
work, poses health risks and harms the environment. Lighting up
Lives, implemented by Jaguar Land Rover's specialist project
partner ClimateCare, makes solar technology available in remote
communities - literally bringing power to the people.
Throughout the Hay Festival, Jaguar Land Rover will be hosting
interactive sessions in its Story Nook tent, allowing families to
connect with children in Kenya and
to learn more about the transformational power of solar energy.
Powering a brighter future
The Lighting up Lives project helps children in Kenya, to read and study after dark. Franklin
Nzeki, a 14-year-old pupil at Kasooni School in Kalawa, said: "I
finish all my homework now. Before I could not do it at home when
it was dark. I know my parents are much happier now, and so am
I."
Franklin is one of the many in isolated rural Kenya to benefit from Lighting up Lives.
Education improves as children like him can study, read and play
after dark. Women enjoy greater opportunities to work and learn.
Homes are healthier and safer and incomes improve thanks to ending
a reliance on expensive, inefficient and polluting kerosene
lamps.
Significantly, the distribution, installation and maintenance of
the household solar kits brings new opportunities for
entrepreneurship. People are empowered to improve their own lives
in a sustainable and innovative way.
Jaguar Land Rover's involvement reflects its values as an
organisation employing more than 40,000 people globally.
Helen McLintock, Jaguar Land Rover
Director, said: "This exciting new venture is exactly the type of
programme that Jaguar Land Rover wants to lead on in the future.
Using technology for good and supporting the power of engineering
to improve lives and help to build a cleaner future."
Edward Hanrahan, ClimateCare CEO,
said: "Our focus is on creating smart, integrated and cost
effective programmes for our corporate partners, using their
investments to deliver maximum positive impact for people and the
environment. This project to provide household energy in
Kenya is a great example. Not only
does it create an immediate, positive change, it will also leave a
lasting legacy for families and schools across Kenya".
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SOURCE Jaguar Land Rover