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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In commemoration of the 2026 World Menstrual Hygiene Day, the Royal Women in Cinema Ghana in collaboration with Empower Playgrounds hosted, and supported over 200 girls from Shime A and B schools, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...