{"id":1832,"date":"2019-06-03T19:03:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T19:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2019-06-03T19:04:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T19:04:38","slug":"francis-abugbilla-bringing-home-the-solar-power-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/francis-abugbilla-bringing-home-the-solar-power-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Abugbilla: Bringing home the \u2018solar power\u2019 of education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Francis-Abugbilla-5_by-Mary-Andom-800x534.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1833 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Francis-Abugbilla-5_by-Mary-Andom-800x534-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Francis-Abugbilla-5_by-Mary-Andom-800x534-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Francis-Abugbilla-5_by-Mary-Andom-800x534-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Francis-Abugbilla-5_by-Mary-Andom-800x534-530x353.jpg 530w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Francis-Abugbilla-5_by-Mary-Andom-800x534-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Francis-Abugbilla-5_by-Mary-Andom-800x534-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/Francis-Abugbilla-5_by-Mary-Andom-800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"newspost-caption\" style=\"text-align: left\">Jackson School doctoral student Francis Abugbilla in front of Thomson Hall, April 2019. Photo by Mary Andom<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><strong><em>Mary Andom<\/em><\/strong><em>, a graduate student in the M.A. in Applied International Studies program, writes about Jackson School doctoral student Francis Abugbilla\u2019s journey from a village in Ghana to the UW in Seattle and back to shed light in his community and beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the dark of night, students in a rural village in Ghana huddle around a kerosene lamp to complete their homework. Others shine flashlights to illuminate textbooks. The lack of electricity, nonetheless computers, dimmed the prospects of a bright future for students in the village of Kpantarigo. This was until <a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/people\/francis-abugbilla\/\">Francis Abugbilla<\/a>, a second-year doctoral student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/\">Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies<\/a> at the University of Washington in Seattle, brought electricity to them in the form of solar power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/news\/bringing-home-the-solar-power-of-education\/?fbclid=IwAR2AwXILFq2BBlHcjCLorUpmeait7ZLrjldWZvMiVMRfVAZTz8VqAfT1hl4\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackson School doctoral student Francis Abugbilla in front of Thomson Hall, April 2019. 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