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'MAKTHAR, Tunisia - A decade ago, the Makthar boarding school in northern
Tunisia had little clean drinking water or heat, poor food and no electricity
for its nearly 570 students.
But now solar water heaters ensure hot water for showers and solar panels
produce enough electricity not only to power the school and three others nearby
but to feed the national grid, providing a small income toward paying other
school costs.
Lotfi Hamadi, a Tunisian entrepreneur who helped fund the renewable energy
installations, hopes they can be expanded to more schools, making them more
efficient to run and more conducive to learning - and curbing the country's
precipitous dropout rate.
"I hope the successful experience of this school as a social enterprise can
help save the deteriorating public school sector across Tunisia," the
46-year-old said in an interview.'
Via
The Fixer March 22, 2023:
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