Life for millions in Bangladesh is being transformed thanks to this simple solution

Jan 13, 2020

A Rohingya refugee charges his phone with a solar panel as he waits to be taken to a refugee camp after crossing the Naf river at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Palang Khali, near Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC1143167130

Bangladesh has one of the world’s largest domestic solar energy programmes, which has changed the lives of 20 million people. Image: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Rosamond Hutt

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Solar panels are changing lives, providing an affordable solution to lack of access to electricity. Image: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Off-grid solar systems light up more than 4 million Bangladeshi households. Image: World Bank Group

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