By Helen Morgan / Source: Ecouterre

Many South African schoolchildren are using these innovative made from shopping bags with a solar panel embedded within. This is thanks to Rethaka, co-founded by Thato Kgatlhanye and Rea Ngwane, who took an opportunity to build a business that simultaneously gives to underprivileged children and transforms into a lantern, at very little cost to the environment. The bags are made entirely from recycled and reinforced plastic shopping bags which are strong, durable and waterproof so kids won’t get their schoolbooks wet.

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