By Yoon Hee Young
Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do Province
A design major at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chang started her business career with "Solar Paper," a smartphone charger that uses solar energy. She later turned her attention to developing countries in Africa in need of solar energy and headed to the continent to help children there.
Time magazine of the U.S. named Solar Cow to its list of "Best Inventions 2019." For its accomplishments in sustainable education and eco-friendly and economic energy supply, Yolk was the first Korean company designated a P4G partner.
The company presented the results of Solar Cow at the 2021 P4G (Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030) Seoul Summit from May 30-31 as an exemplary P4G partner as well as a leading project in energy.
Chang said, "I hope that the example of Solar Cow is an opportunity to inspire the potential to break structural inequality through innovation."
While the company has raised funds through collaborations with or subsidies from international organizations, businesses and government bodies, it is now expanding its project through crowdfunding. It generated this year USD 100,000 from the U.S. crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, and from May 30, the opening day of the P4G summit, it began a fundraiser to send children in Africa to school.
hyyoon@korea.kr