In any conversation about working in developing countries, the term "capacity building" comes up time and time again - but what does it really mean, or begin to even look like? And what is the role of our education at MIT in relation to locally-grown knowledge?
In our eLuma project meetings, there has recently been quite a bit of discussion about training and knowledge transfer. As a possible exercise or real life example of 'capacity building,' one of our teammates brought up the example of the "bleach and water light bulb" - which I didn't quite understand until watching this video:
For more information about the MIT-seeded, community-grown initiative, check out the organization, called Isang Litrong Liwanag.
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