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Light and Literacy

Children use solar light to read in Mityana, Central Uganda (Photo Credit: Solar Sister, 2011)

I love to read.

There is so much to read and learn that I feel one lifetime is not enough. There are three things required for reading – First and foremost, a quest for knowledge or stories or both (mysteries are my favorites!). Second, a book, a school lesson, a magazine, a newspaper or a good website, depending on what you like to read and using which platform. Third, but not the least by any means, good light. For how can you read if there is no light?

And even more, how can you read if reading was to be injurious to health? It is not supposed to be like smoking after all. But for many young children in villages and small towns around the world reading is injurious to health in ways as harmful as smoking and even more. Why? Because these children do not have good quality light available to read. [...]

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