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Maasai Women Are Installing Solar Panels And Bringing Clean Energy To Rural Villages In Africa

• True Activist

Because there is a huge need for solar energy in the country, the program is providing the women with solar products – energy efficient lights, panels, and rechargeable batteries – and teaching them how to install the equipment in homes and villages.

Not only is the initiative providing the Maasai women a bit of extra income, it's allowing those who presently have no access to the country's power grid access to light at night.

This is beneficial for many reasons: In Kenya, more than half of the population is living too remotely to connect to the country's power grid. By installing solar power, people no longer have to burn firewood or kerosene to light their homes at night. It also means that children have an easier way to read or do homework in the evening without inhaling smoke. 


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