UN says let there be light as "Until the Sun Comes Up" opens campaign year
- 9 years ago
It is the International Year of Light, the latest annual UN push to highlight primary outstanding global problems.
“Until The Sun Comes Up” is singer-songwriter Ragav’s offering to SolarAid, an NGO that brings solar light to remote villages that lack electricity and which use hazardous kerosene lamps for lighting instead.
The video includes high-power appearances by Nelly and Indian Bollywood royalty Abhishek Bachchan.
“1.3 billion people have no electricity so when I say that number, people often think I mean to say million. It’s a sixth of the planet with zero electricity and until you go there and not just go there, experience the, or hear the stories and the negative experiences with the kerosene industry, you can’t totally understand the impact,” says Ragav, admitting the scale of the problem.
Raghav personally bought and delivered more than 300 solar lights to school children in a small rural township of in Tanzania and caught the entire thing on camera.
“When we first
“Until The Sun Comes Up” is singer-songwriter Ragav’s offering to SolarAid, an NGO that brings solar light to remote villages that lack electricity and which use hazardous kerosene lamps for lighting instead.
The video includes high-power appearances by Nelly and Indian Bollywood royalty Abhishek Bachchan.
“1.3 billion people have no electricity so when I say that number, people often think I mean to say million. It’s a sixth of the planet with zero electricity and until you go there and not just go there, experience the, or hear the stories and the negative experiences with the kerosene industry, you can’t totally understand the impact,” says Ragav, admitting the scale of the problem.
Raghav personally bought and delivered more than 300 solar lights to school children in a small rural township of in Tanzania and caught the entire thing on camera.
“When we first