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Solar Powered Lights to Replace Kerosene
Thu, August 27, 2015
For those of us who live in areas with electricity - we take it for granted that we'll always have lights. But in the remote reaches of the Toledo District - electricity is a far off reality - and in villages like San Vicente and Jalacte - they use kerosene lamps. That includes school children who have to get their home work done using those same lamps but, while it has been going on for generations, a US Charity called grid earth says breathing in that kerosene smoke is toxic to children. So they give out specialized solar lights - 200 of which were donated in San Vicente and Jalacte earlier this week. Here's how it was pitched to the villagers:..

This year grid earth gave out 200 solar lights, last year they gave 400.

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