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Rural communities in Ghana will soon receive about 500,000 Australian-engineered solar lights in the next three years after two partners agreed to do the distribution. The agreement was signed between illumination, designer of the world�s most affordable solar light, the Mandarin Ultra, and the Greener Impact International, a non-governmental organization whose main focus is eliminating extreme poverty and hunger. �Over the next three years, the partners aim to distribute over 500,000 lights throughout rural Ghana,� said illumination who announced the agreement in a statement April 5, 2012. The agreement grants exclusive rights to Greener Impact International to market the Australian-engineered solar light, according to the statement. Costing less than six week�s worth of kerosene, illumination said the Mandarin Ultra brings solar energy to those earning less than a dollar a day. The light provides six hours of safe, clean light that is four times brighter than a kerosene lamp and illumination will maintain the affordable price as they create carbon credits from each light sold.