About two billion people in remote areas of developing nations have no electric lighting, a
commodity industrialized nations take for granted. Poor lighting in homes hinders
children’s learning, affects family-health and limits opportunities for a better life.
Electrical engineer Dave Irvine-Halliday realized that a single one-watt white-light
emitting diode supplies enough light for a child to read by. A simple but revolutionary
technology, supplied to homes by his Light-Up-The-World Foundation, can light an entire
rural village with less energy than that used by a single, conventional, 100-Watt light
bulb. This technology ought to be considered by Pakistan, OIC countries and those in the
South.