This system is as simple as possible and scaled to provide enough power to run a small grain mill for a couple of hours a day and light up a class room for young students to study.

Saturday afternoon Oct 1st I returned home from 2 weeks in Africa. Below is my trip report. It’s not particularly polished but does tell the story. I hope it resonates:

What started as a casual lunch conversation over a year ago developed into the first PurposeBOX!

Well it’s 6 am. Deborah is sleeping. I started on this note to you all but the power went off. So Wi-Fi is dead. Then a generator started outside our room.

Folks this last weekend I returned from a week and a half in Africa, more specifically the Chibombo District several hours north of Lusaka, Zambia and Ndalani, a rural area about 2 ½ hrs north and west of Nairobi, Kenya.