Carles Barangay To Have Light From SALt

Over 590 households in Barangay Gabi, Carles, Iloilo will benefit from the lighting project of the Sustainable Alternative Lighting (SALt), a company that created a lamp that is powered by a saline solution or saltwater.

Filipino engineer Aisa Mijeno, one of the inventors of the SALt lamp, said that they will provide these salt-powered lamps to households in one of barangays in the Gigantes who do not have access yet to electricity.

“We met with the Barangay Kagawad in Bgy. Gabi in Carles, Iloilo last year while we were on tour promoting entrepreneurship among students”, she said.

She said that the beneficiaries are excited to receive the donations that are targeted to be distributed this 2016.

“We are focused in communities with no electricity,” she said.

Aside from Carles, they also have similar projects of providing salt lamps to the Hanunuo Mangyan tribe of Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro and the Buscalan tribe of Kalinga.

According to the website www.salt.ph, Engr. Aisa Mijeno and his brother Ralph Mijeno and Engr. Oscar Magtibay invented the SALt lamp with the goal of eliminating the sustaining cost in areas that rely on kerosene/battery powered lamps and candles as their main source of lighting.

The website said the product will provide a more efficient light source for people who use kerosene lamps and candles as an alternative source of lighting.

A SALt lamp can be used up to eight hours per day for six months and can be powered fully by saltwater.

After the six-month mark you just need to replace the metal electrodes and the lamp can be used for another half a year. (JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo)