Donkeys Bring Solar Power To Remote Kyrgyz Village
- By Sabyr Abdymomunov and
- Baktygul Chynybaeva
Until recently, the remote Kyrgyz village of Zardaly was completely off the grid. Now, solar power is changing the lives of the local community, which has long been isolated deep in the mountainous Ferghana Valley. With the help of a herd of donkeys, ambitious villagers braved hazardous terrain to bring green energy and the Internet to their settlement.