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Solar power 'cow' helps children swap farming for classes [1]

- Children from poor families in sub-Saharan Africa have been able to swap cleaning up cowpats for lessons thanks to a solar power project that rewards parents for sending them to school.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2019
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST) [2]
Tags:
Energy [3], Solar Energy [4], Renewable Energy [5], Electricity [6], Africa [7], Education [8], Children [9], Tanzania [10], Kenya [11]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-energy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/children
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tanzania
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kenya