Obama's 'Mama Sarah' goes solar in Kenya
hu Aug 20, 4:47 am ET
NAIROBI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama's step-grandmother Sarah proudly announced Thursday that her modest Kenyan homestead was now solar-powered.
"I am very pleased that my home has been improved thanks to solar energy and I'll make sure my grandson hears about it," Greenpeace International quoted Sarah Obama as saying.
The environmentalist group is hosting a workshop on renewable energy in the country drawing youth from Sarah's Kogelo village in western Kenya and the country's largest slum in Nairobi, Kibera.
Senator Barack Obama school in Kogelo was also fitted with solar panels.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090820/wl_africa_afp/kenyaobamaenergyalternative_20090820084750Mama Sara Obama, the U.S. President's grandmother flicks on the lights after Greenpeace installed a Solar power system at her home in Kogelo Village, Kenya. The solar installations are part of a 20 day renewable energy workshop hosted by Greenpeace's Solar Generation with 25 participants from the Kibera Community Youth Programme and community members of Nyang'oma Kogelo.
(PRNewsFoto/Greenpeace, Richard Mark Dobson)