How do you bring electricity and light to children who live half their lives in complete darkness, and their entire lives in abject poverty? Empower Playgrounds is a nonprofit that has come up with an ...

Most children in Essam, Ghana, had never seen a merry-go-round until a Brigham Young University-led team arrived to install the curious device in their village. For ...

At first glance, a merry-go-round that generates electricity appears to be a charming idea. But Empower Playgrounds President, Ben Markham, came up with the idea in 2006 during an 18-month stint ...

Not only do most children in Ghana have to spend their lives in poverty, they also have to spend 12 hours a day in darkness because so much of their country lacks access to the energy grid. This means ...

Electricity is often taken for granted, but when schools in Ghana receive electricity, it is something they will never forget. Empower Playgrounds Inc. is a company that has developed ...

If only we could use kids to fuel our homes and cars so they’d be useful for something. Wait, that came out wrong. But for Empower Playgrounds, it came out RIGHT: A non-profit called Empower ...

In a groundbreaking collaboration, Empower Playgrounds and the Interact Club of Tema International School have joined forces to revolutionize education at Obosono D/A Basic School in the Akuapem South ...

Empower Playgrounds, Inc. is a nonprofit that builds electricity-generating playground equipment for children in impoverished villages. Panelist Crys Kevan Lee directs this organization. (Crys Kevan ...

The 1-Day Empower Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workshop organized by Empower Playgrounds in collaboration with the Ghana Science Association with support from the 'Me Boafo ...