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The first time 52-year-old Juliana Balweg-Baawa switched on the light in her home, she jumped for joy. “My children can study at night!” Balweg-Baawa, a native of Mataragan village in the rugged Cordillera mountains in the northern Philippines, relied on the short-lived flickers of a gas lamp for light until her village was electrified in [……
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The first time 52-year-old Juliana Balweg-Baawa switched on the light in her home, she jumped for joy. “My children can study at night!” Balweg-Baawa, a native of Mataragan village in the rugged Cordillera mountains in the northern Philippines, relied on the short-lived flickers of a gas lamp for light until her village was electrified in
