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Solar power is changing life deep in the Amazon

Solar panels are transforming life for communities in the Amazon without the need to fell a single tree.

Every morning, before dawn, his people pass around a bowl of wayusa, a traditional drink made from a local plant that helps bring their dreams into focus. Every Saturday, Domingo Mukucham takes passengers back and forth from Wichimi, a small village of 43 families deep in the forest, to Nunkui Port in Taisha, the nearest town. Now, just as in Canelos’s dream, each of the 28 huts in Sharamentsa is illuminated by solar lights, donated by Nia Tero, another foreign nonprofit foundation working in the Amazon.

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