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Electrician's Equipment
(Waste Reduction and Small Enterprise Strategy) |
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Tamba Traore |
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Markala, Mali |
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Project Description
While on one of our visits to Markala, one of African Sky's primary partner communities, we met a local
electrician who operated out of a small storage closet on the only cement road through town. His name
was Karamoko Sangare and he can repair nearly anything you give him. His primary work brings back
to life non-functioning televisions, DVD players, radios, cassette players, and speakers. His supplies closet
was stacked with old electronics, a source for spare parts. People like Karamoko keep radios and
televisions running longer, and they reduce e-waste in landfills via recycling and repairs.
In 2009, African Sky presented Karamoko Sangare with some basic, yet high-quality electrician's tools
including a tool belt, voltage meter, solder iron and solder, and more. Karamoko used his new
equipment to increase his business by repairing and selling discarded non-functioning electronics. His
work not only recycles electronics and parts, but it also provides a low-cost source for poor local residents
seeking radios (and sometimes a television); radio is a critical information resource for rural and
impoverished Malians, most of whom do not have a television. |
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