Life Without Lights from ghana election Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 3 min 26 sec
✓ Published: 14-Apr-2010

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www.LifeWithoutLights.comnnYear-round in Ghana, the sun sets at 6pm and rises at 6am – thus, the residents of communities lacking electricity live half of their lives in the dark. Over ten years ago, the government of Ghana began a massive campaign to provide the country’s rural north with electricity, but the project ceased almost immediately after it began. The work sluggishly resumes during election years, as candidates attempt to garner popularity and votes. But at present, an estimated