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Cooking. it is very, very frustrating. i couldn't compete effectively with other kids who have access to lighting. a lot of kids just drop out of school. so they remain poor for the rest of their life. my name is evans wadongo. when i made the first lantern i thought i must find it, i was so overwhelmed. i knew the impact that the lantern would have in the rural communities. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the amount of money that every household uses to buy kerosene every day. if they can just save that money they would be able to buy food. >> all along i've been, at least two meals a day, to construct lamp, ...

As a child. i grew up in a small village in the western part of kenya. these families are so poor, they don't have any electricity. it's only kerosene and firewood. it's very very frustrating. a lot of other kids just drop out of school and remain poor for the rest of their life. my name is evans wadongo. when i made the first lantern, i was so overwhelm ed. i knew the impact the lantern would have on these rural communities. the amount of money that every household uses to buy kerosene every day, if they can just save

Poverty. i just feel like it's right. >> evans wadongo's work has brought light into an estimated 10,000 rural kenyan homes. to watch him build his solar powered lanterns or to nominate someone you think is changing the world, go cnn.com/heroes. "the situation room" is straight ahead. our suzanne malveaux is in for wolf blitzer. suzanne, what do you have for us? >> hey, thanks, don. next on "the situation room" saturday, cnn is committed to covering the aftermath of the earthquake in haiti. anderson cooper and dr. sanjay gupta are there. you don't want to miss their moving update from the qu...

When night falls across rural kenya, more than 27 million people who live without electricity are plunged into darkness. children trying to escape generations of poverty strain to see their school books. but our new cnn hero of the week, evans wadongo, is providing light for thousands, for free. >> i have problems with my eyesight. due to prolonged exposure to smoke. you have to bend that around. i had to use firewood to study during my childhood. i grew up in a small village in western part of kenya. these families are so poor they don't have electricity. it's only firewood, they use for ligh...

>> i have problems with my eye sight due to prolonged exposure to smoke. i had to use fire wood to study. i grew up in a small village in western part of kenya. this family is so poor they don't have any electricity. it's only kerosene and fire wood that they use for lighting and cooking. it's very, very troubling that kids don't have access to lighting. a lot of other kids drop out of school. so they remain poor for the rest of their life. my name is evans wadongo. when i made the first lantern, i thought i must find a way to use solar to light rural homes. i was so overwhelmed. i knew the im...