Panasonic presents "Lantern'zoo" to Indonesian city in collaboration with NGO Kopernik

Panasonic presents "Lantern'zoo" to Indonesian village in collaboration with NGO Kopernik

19. May 2015 | By: Panasonic Corporation

At the end of December 2015, a lantern donation then lighting ceremony was held in the city of Sone, in Indonesia's Western world Timor, as part of a related show you.

The "Cut Out the Darkness" show you, a part of Panasonic Corporation's "100 A multitude Solar Lanterns Project", delivers campo lanterns with lantern shades developed by people from around the world, in the wish of learning about the challenges coming from all living in areas that have no electrical power.

At the lantern-lighting ceremony, all kinds of bestial designs on the shades appeared out of the blue, as if floating in the air, when the campo lanterns were turned on. The themes was a "Zoo of Light. " See the moment of "Lantern'zoo".

For this wedding, 110 of the 1, 010 campo lanterns donated to Indonesia through the major Project in fiscal 2014 received donated to the people of Sone from an NGO named Kopernik. The decorative elements for the shades were chosen by- popular votes online from around many submissions.

The village coming from all Sone is completely off the electricity power. Located close to a mountain peak, and with a population of about six hundred people, Sone is known for its output of traditional fabrics. In the past, hand-weaving work by the light of gasoline lamps at night was inefficient, stretched the eyes, and exposed homes to health risks from the kerosene segar cigar cigarette. The threat of house that will fire from the flame of the lamp ended up always present. The newly-donated campo lanterns can be charged by natural light during the day and then used at night.

Jhon Gideon Adu, a local coordinator because of Kopernik, had this to say: "The people of Sone village congraluate Panasonic and everyone who participated for designing the lantern shades. Due to the light of the solar lanterns, that may work effectively and families can find together at night. Children can investigating, and the various designs on the glasses expand their interests. We are most grateful for your support. "

Hisao Tsugita, project leader of the "Cut Out the Darkness" project, said, "By creating the lighting ceremony together with the villagers, we were able to feel a sense of concord, unanimity. We hope that the designs in this show you will open up a new world for its children in the village as well. inch

Panasonic plans to continue working on some "100 Thousand Solar Lanterns Project" as part of its efforts to buy "A Better Life, A Better World" and to contribute to the achievement of the Not Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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