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Swapping goats for solar power

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Julia Mielke | Abdirahman Hussein
November 11, 2021

In Somalia's Middle Shabelle region, farmers are using solar power units to operate their water pumps or illuminate their properties. And in some cases, they are giving away goats to finance the system.

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