{"id":12210,"date":"2026-05-05T07:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/05\/solar-power-system-500-girls-school-kunar-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:46:15","slug":"solar-power-system-500-girls-school-kunar-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/05\/solar-power-system-500-girls-school-kunar-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Power System Activated for 500 Girls at School in Kunar, Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has activated a solar power system with a capacity of 8.8 kilowatts at the Mangol Girls&#8217; School in Kunar province. With the launch of this system, approximately 500 female students now have access to stable electricity at this educational center.<\/p>\n<p>According to released information, the classrooms in this school have been equipped with adequate lighting, enabling students to study in a brighter and more suitable environment. Additionally, air cooling systems, clean drinking water, and electricity-powered laboratories have also become available.<\/p>\n<p>Kunar province, located in eastern Afghanistan, has faced numerous infrastructural challenges, including a lack of electricity in many of its areas. The use of solar energy in such regions can help improve educational and welfare conditions for students.<\/p>\n<p>The UNDP stated that this initiative aims to support sustainable access to energy and strengthen educational infrastructure\u2014an effort that could positively impact the quality of girls&#8217; education in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDP has installed an 8.8 kW solar system at a girls&#8217; school in Kunar, bringing stable electricity and improved facilities to 500 students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}