The orphanage as part of the New Hope Church of Traverse City’s mission trip, will receive tPOD1s during the third week of June. The partnership between the church and Tellurex was formed for a chance meeting between Tellurex Program Manager, Richard Harmon and Patrick Siler, one of the advocators of the mission trip.

Arrangements were quickly made in order to supply enough tPOD1s to provide bright, clean, safe, LED lighting for each of the 80 homes at the orphanage which is located nearly 30 miles away from the Ugandan capital Kampala.

“The tPOD1 will reduce the cost of lighting at the orphanage where use kerosene lamps for illumination. It will also improve safety and indoor air quality.” said Richard Harmon.

This gift was promised by supporters of a Kickstarter crowd funding campaign that introduced the tPOD1s in 2012 and the donations made by Tellurex Corporation. In all, there are 88 tPOD1 units to be sent to the orphanage. The training about how to use tPOD1s will be organized by 15 participants from this mission trip.

In addition to the orphanage donations, meetings have been arranged with policy and decision makers inside Uganda to learn about the tPOD1 which may enhance the lives of the estimated 1.7 billion people worldwide.