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ONCE a week, Eliantana Bombo carries some extra weight in her bag: a wireless lantern.

April 30, 2018

ONCE a week, Eliantana Bombo carries some extra weight in her bag: a wireless lantern. Elintiana charges the lantern at her school, Leikarenga Primary School. "I use it when I study at home," said the sixth grader.

Eliantana depends on her solar Photovoltaic (PV) lantern when she studies at night, from 7pm to 9pm. Before she was given the lantern, she could only study during the day after returning home from school. The 11-year-old dislikes using

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