Power-Swing

Children have unlimited potential energy and in their ability to express it kinetically. And like every other nation, Africa must rely on its children to create a future of prosperity. Western societies are rife with expensive products that promote a life of leisure, laziness, and inefficiency, which have no place in developing nations. The developing nations within Africa do not have the luxury of allowing products in its environment that ignore its need for a utilitarian function to allow sustainable economic development.

Power-Swing utilizes kinetic energy by harnessing the power of children's play, a renewable energy source. Technologies such as communications, refrigeration, and basic illumination can now be made possible by the assistance of the Power-Swing as a primary or back up energy source.

The Power-Swing play unit comes with an expandable battery bay and transformer . It is designed with inexpensive after-market components and current energy producing technologies to create off-the-grid electricity for remote villages.

Play being crucial to human and social development, and can even be used to support a basic need - energy. The children will benefit from realizing that their playtime - a creative outlet - can directly affect their village's growth or even its survival.

Costs for production and installation could be funded by NGO's, intergovernmental or multinational development agencies such as USAID, ADF, ADB Group, or other organizations that have humanitarian interests in sustainable economic development.

Though the Power-Swing would resemble a typical swing set, its electrical components are hidden to protect the children from harm and its components from theft, and housed with highly durable material.