The Case Competition Shines a Light on Something Special

Hopefully you've had a chance to take a look at the NOW Concordia article that was posted a couple of weeks ago, but in case you didn't, I'll fill you in a little on a little something we're doing this year that's extra special. Aside from the usual amazing things that await you at the case competition, the organizing team has decided to partner with a non-profit organization called Lights For Life International (LFL) to hopefully raise a little bit of money. 


So, what is Lights For Life? Well, it's an organization working in Rwanda and Kenya, that provides children who currently don't have access to electricity with a LED light to study after dark. These lights replace fossil fuel based kerosene lanterns, which is the predominant form of lighting in these poor households. Kerosene is unsafe, unhealthy, expensive and environmentally unfriendly. LED pod lights replace kerosene completely and are recharged using human power (see the photo of the pedal generator below). Five lights are charged at once and after 20 minutes of gentle pedalling, each individual light can produce 37 hours of light (lasting almost 2 weeks).


So, if you find yourself with some spare change during the week of the case competition, look for the Lights For Life tables and the donation boxes.