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Solar power 'cow' helps children swap farming for classes

Solar power 'cow' helps children swap farming for classes. [Photo: Courtesy]

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.

South Korean solar firm Yolk has designed a cow-shaped solar power station for schools that can be used to charge power banks for families while their children are in class.

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