Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns We are so used to some things that we stopped wondering about them. Like light. What is light? Some kind of wavy thing, right? Kind of. 

It’s estimated that more than 100 million girls under the age of 18 will be married in the next decade.

 

But in Ethiopia a scheme involving solar lamps is helping thousands of girls stay in school longer and avoid marriage until they are adults.

 

 

Source: BBC News