While visiting the desert with her family during winter, 13-year-old Fatima Al Kaabi realised that there were no facilities to charge her mobile phone.

?Then I started working on a solution and invented a solar bag,? she told the audience at the second Eco Club Summit organised recently by the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD).

Her solar bag can charge electronic devices, power lights and a fan for trekkers in remote areas.

Fatima, one of the youngest Emirati girl innovators, narrated the stories behind many of her inventions to a packed audience of students and teachers from around 120 schools in Abu Dhabi emirate.

She is a student of Sharjah British School and a member of the Sharjah Children?s Council.

She said it is most important to have a dream in life. She summed up that message by the audience questions about their dreams.

She was the first-place winner in the Robot Olympics in UAE and invented a printer for the visually impaired. Her other inventions include a photographer robot, cheerleader robot and an electronic belt for the hearing impaired. Fatima has won the Shaikh Hamdan and Sharjah Awards for excellence and first prize in ?Draw he future of Abu Dhabi 2030?.