From climate-driven disasters to Rohingya refugee camps, solar kits help keep the lights on – Goshen News

Some clouds early with showers likely late, and a thunderstorm is possible. Low 61F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 100%..
Some clouds early with showers likely late, and a thunderstorm is possible. Low 61F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 100%.
Updated: October 13, 2026 @ 11:13 pm
In this photo taken with a phone, Mohammed Saber cleans a solar panel to ensure it charges properly on Oct. 4, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
In this photo taken with a phone, Mohammed Hares turns on a solar-powered fan inside his shop Oct. 4, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
Solar panels sit on top of makeshift shelters to power homes and streetlights Oct. 3, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
FILE – A displaced man inspects a small solar panel at a makeshift camp in Taiz, Yemen, March 13, 2026.
FILE – A family displaced by flooding has a solar panel set up outside their tent in Garsen town within Tana River County, Kenya, Dec. 3, 2023.
In this photo taken with a phone, children use a light powered by a solar panel to study at night inside their shelter on Oct. 3, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
In this photo taken with a phone, a woman uses a light powered by solar panels in her kitchen on Oct. 4, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
In this photo taken with a phone, Mohammed Hares keeps his small shop open at night using a light powered by solar panels on Oct. 2, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.

In this photo taken with a phone, Mohammed Saber cleans a solar panel to ensure it charges properly on Oct. 4, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
In this photo taken with a phone, Mohammed Hares turns on a solar-powered fan inside his shop Oct. 4, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
Solar panels sit on top of makeshift shelters to power homes and streetlights Oct. 3, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
FILE – A displaced man inspects a small solar panel at a makeshift camp in Taiz, Yemen, March 13, 2026.
FILE – A family displaced by flooding has a solar panel set up outside their tent in Garsen town within Tana River County, Kenya, Dec. 3, 2023.
In this photo taken with a phone, children use a light powered by a solar panel to study at night inside their shelter on Oct. 3, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
In this photo taken with a phone, a woman uses a light powered by solar panels in her kitchen on Oct. 4, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
In this photo taken with a phone, Mohammed Hares keeps his small shop open at night using a light powered by solar panels on Oct. 2, 2026, in Teknaf, Bangaldesh.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Every day, Mohammed Saber places a single rectangular solar panel on the roof of the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shack that he and his family have called home for years, the last stop on their journey after fleeing the Myanmar military’s brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in 2017.
The panel is part of a portable solar kit given to the Rohingya refugee family as humanitarian aid six years ago. It’s been the family’s primary source of electricity, making daily life so much easier in the camp for the displaced in Teknaf, Bangladesh.
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