The HAPV (Advertised as HAPPY) is a twist on the ‘horse and buggy’ mode of transportation, making this a donkey, cart, solar panel on a canopy FUV (Farm Utility Vehicle) that is quite ingenious and absolutely AfriGadget. A donkey drawn carriage is commonplace in many countries in Africa, and this retrofit by the organization Water and Wheel adds more functionality and utility especially suited for rural Africa.
Fitted with a solar panel that charges a 12 volt battery under the driver’s seat, the “HAPPY” becomes an independent, sustainable source of energy that powers cell phone connectivity, front and rear emergency lights and a small neon tube at night. Add a water filtration system, and the “HAPPY” doubles as a multi functional mobile business unit, that can empower an entrepreneurial owner, to generate income from it as a fresh water outlet, a mobile phone kiosk or a spaza shop – even after dark.
Read more about it here.
(Hat tip Mweshi)
Note: Erik Hersman (White African) was interviewed a few minutes ago on BBC, a podcast will be available in a day or two and we will be sure to share it here (link).
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16. [IMG like] [IMG dislike]HAPV – Human and Animal Powered Vehicle in South Africa — AfriGadget Archiveby rafiq 2 hours ago. Votes: 2 Score: 39 (www.afrigadget.com) donkey innovation solarpower new window 0 comments
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include: a fresh water outlet (water filtration system is optional) a makeshift classroom, school bus, ambulance, and even a mobile phone kiosk. It has everything for the entrepreneur on the go. If you live in rural Africa that is. [Wheel and Water viaAfrigadget]
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Check out the donkey cart with solar panel. ~ Joni and Friends has a new TV show. ~ Is your church fighting the Covenant? Why does Microsoft continue to pick on a small denomination like the Covenant? I mean, they could have had everyone going after the alien Baptists or Methodists.
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include: a fresh water outlet (water filtration system is optional) a makeshift classroom, school bus, ambulance, and even a mobile phone kiosk. It has everything for the entrepreneur on the go. If you live in rural Africa that is. [Wheel and Water viaAfrigadget]
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include: a fresh water outlet (water filtration system is optional) a makeshift classroom, school bus, ambulance, and even a mobile phone kiosk. It has everything for the entrepreneur on the go. If you live in rural Africa that is. [Wheel and Water viaAfrigadget] [IMG] [IMG] Share This
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Many thanks toAfriGadgetfor promoting this. [IMG] The HAPV (Advertised as HAPPY) from Pretoria, South Africa-based Wheel & Water is a twist on the ‘horse and buggy’ mode of transportation. Assisted by MACHETE, a buggy is fitted with a solar panel that charges a 12
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powered vehicle] becomes an independent, sustainable source of energy that powers cell phone connectivity, front and rear emergency lights and a small neon tube at night. [and can also be fitted with a water filtration system] – Wheel & Water, viaAfriGadgetsAnd now, to round out some sort of circle or something (at least that’s the way it looks in my head): 4. Big wonders, specifically giant pumpkins. Kevin Kelly’s blog post, Big Vegetable Obsessions, is the source of what sounds to me like wisdom:
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include: a fresh water outlet (water filtration system is optional) a makeshift classroom, school bus, ambulance, and even a mobile phone kiosk. It has everything for the entrepreneur on the go. If you live in rural Africa that is. [Wheel and Water viaAfrigadget][IMG]
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as a multi functional mobile business unit, that can empower an entrepreneurial owner, to generate income from it as a fresh water outlet, a mobile phone kiosk or a spaza shop – even after dark. [more] The revolution will start in Africa. [fromAfriGadget]
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The developer, Wheel and Water, is looking for donations to complete Phase One of the Happy’s development, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see several other variations of this concept pop in other area where carts of this kind are prevalent. [ViaAfriGadget] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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The developer, Wheel and Water, is looking for donations to complete Phase One of the Happy’s development, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see several other variations of this concept pop in other area where carts of this kind are prevalent. [ViaAfriGadget] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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The developer, Wheel and Water, is looking for donations to complete Phase One of the Happy’s development, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see several other variations of this concept pop in other area where carts of this kind are prevalent. [ViaAfriGadget] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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The developer, Wheel and Water, is looking for donations to complete Phase One of the Happy’s development, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see several other variations of this concept pop in other area where carts of this kind are prevalent. [ViaAfriGadget] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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The developer, Wheel and Water, is looking for donations to complete Phase One of the Happy’s development, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see several other variations of this concept pop in other area where carts of this kind are prevalent. [ViaAfriGadget] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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spaza shopを開いたりと、小さな事業の起業を促すことにもなるだろう。これなら夜間の営業も大丈夫。 HAPV – Human and Animal Powered Vehicle in South Africa(英語) -Link訳者から: Water and Wheelは非営利団体、Universal Wellbeingが行っている、動物が牽引する車両をもっと活用して貧しい地域の活性化をしようというプロジェクト。AfriGadget
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[IMG happy_1.jpg]AFrigadgetcovers a project to bring more basic-but-robust vehicles to villages in Africa that could really benefit from them. “While there is little possibility of providing piped water and electricity to most rural communities in the near future, basic Human
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Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi of the Kano Plains of Nigeria who has built a working helicopter over the last 8 months using scrap aluminum and parts from a Honda Civic, an old Toyota and from the remains of a crashed Boeing 747.Also fromAfrigadget, an interesting version of the horse and buggy:Fitted with a solar panel that charges a 12 volt battery under the driver’s seat, the “HAPPY” becomes an independent, sustainable source of energy that powers cell phone connectivity, front and rear
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and Water正在尋求贊助，以完成HAPPY開發的第一階段。嗯，在各種畜力車依然流行的地區，應該會出現這種供能車的變種也說不定。 [整理編譯自AfriGadget] [撰文：icebin]永久連結 | 轉寄 | 發表回應 [IMG]
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16. [IMG like] [IMG dislike]HAPV – Human and Animal Powered Vehicle in South Africa — AfriGadget Archiveby rafiq 2 hours ago. Votes: 2 Score: 39 (www.afrigadget.com) donkey innovation solarpower new window 0 comments