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For you and me, having light available is probably just normal as the sun coming up every morning. If you want to read something at night, you turn on a light, right?
It might be hard to imagine but about 1,6 billion people on our planet do not have access to electricity. In Sub Saharan Africa only 9 % of the rural population has access to electricity. After sunset, people have to read with the flickering light of a candle or kerosene (paraffin) lamp . Nasty side effect of kerosene lamps is that they pose health and safety risks, they are relatively expensive and have a low light output…
Continue reading on how technology is helping kids in Africa to read in the dark...