Half-used candles left over from Japanese funeral ceremonies are helping children in Afghanistan who are having difficulties studying after dark due to poverty and bad living conditions.
"Children use the candles well and the candles help them to study in the absence of light and electricity," said Abdul Wali Babakarkhil, director at the United Medical Center for Afghans Rehabilitation Program for Afghanistan, an Afghan-based group distributing the candles in the country.
Babakarkhil said there is often no electricity in rural areas and poor parents cannot afford to buy candles to help their children study.