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Communities worldwide are suffering from an insufficient power industry. Power-grids are the acclaimed resource for community, business, and home electricity. However, the costs to build and maintain these power-grids in developing countries and rural communities are astronomical, requiring billions of dollars every year to remain operational with not enough results. Rural and developing communities benefit from basic power resources, such as lights and multifunction power systems. Solar power offers the same benefits and more advantages than power grids, now less-expensive than ever, incredibly reliable, and significantly better for the environment. Solar powered lights alone can make a dent in significant world issues other than electricity.  Developing communities that are off the power grid but use solar power benefit from economic, academic, and social empowerment. Shown t hrough a survey from Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, the

Over a billion people worldwide have little to no access to electricity in their community. About 620 million of those billion are located in Africa. Over the last 30 years, billions of dollars have been spent by domestic and international governments to create a power grid in Africa to connect all communities. However, the intention behind the original concept has not panned out as originally conceived. The idea that power grids must exist to provide industrialization and development has proven to be unsustainable. 21 billion dollars are spent every year to maintain a sub-Saharan system that still does not supply sufficient resources for a steady path of development. To achieve true development, industrialization is key, but the ultimate goal is giving power to homes. Most African homes rely upon kerosene lamps for light in dark hours. Kerosene is extremely dangerous and does not provide near the same light quality as LEDs or incandescent bulbs. The World Bank has stated that