Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
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It\\u2019s estimated that more than 100 million girls under the age of 18 will be married in the next decade. \\n \\nOne country that\\u2019s trying to end the practice of child marriage is Ethiopia. There, the Berhane Hewan programme, meaning \\u2018Light for Eve\\u2019 in Amharic, promises families a solar-powered light if their daughter remains unmarried and in school until she\\u2019s at least 18. This approach is known as a conditional asset transfer.\\n \\nThe solar lanterns enable girls to study after dark and they can also be used to charge mobile phones, which is particularly useful in remote areas with no electricity. Girls are taught to make money from the lanterns by charging neighbours to power up their mobile phones too. \\n \\nPeople Fixing the World visits Dibate, a small village in western Ethiopia. More than 600 girls in this part of the country have received a solar lamp.\\n \\nReported by Lily Freeston\\nProduced by Ruth Evans and Hadra Ahmed
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