Recently, Panasonic has made a donation of 2,000 Solar LED Lanterns to 15 NPOs and NGOs working toward the solution of various social issues in Cambodia.

As a member of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), Cambodia is experiencing firm growth, but due to its long civil war, it still faces problems such as in education and healthcare. In particular, electricity in particular has only a 24% spread (Source: The International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2011). And the gift of solar LED lanterns to NPOs and NGOs active in education, healthcare, and other sectors in Cambodia will help to find a solution to these problems.

According to Panasonic, solar LED lanterns store electricity generated from sunlight in the daytime to act as compact lights at night, without generating CO2 in the process. Using these long-lasting, high quality solar LED lanterns enables literacy education and medical activities at night, giving rise to hopes for great progress in solving social problems.

Before that, Panasonic donated 1,000 solar LED lanterns to Mbola Village, an inland region without electrical infrastructure in Tanzania in April , 2011. Solar LED lanterns changed the natives’ life.