Soma Bags makes backpacks equipped with solar panels that power a light, enabling children in rural Tanzania to read even ...

Born in the Mwanza region of northern Tanzania, James remembers studying for school by the light of a kerosene lantern.

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He began visiting schools, attracting hundreds of children to his reading clubs. Innocent James started making solar backpacks when he realized that children in his reading clubs could not read ...

Parents often opt to send their children to bed, James explained, rather than allowing them to use the lamp to read. James’ solution – flexible solar panels sewn onto the outside of bags to ...

Now an organisation is using that energy to help children read after dark in Tanzania - by using their their backpacks to power a reading light. And they're using solar power, that's gathered free ...