Nepal households will get solar lamps that provide cleaner and safer lighting.

A Clean Solar Alternative to Kerosene Lamps, Nepal

Summary

This project aims to replace kerosene lamps with solar-based household lighting (known as Solar Tuki) through an integrated approach of community mobilization and technological intervention. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Nepal, those without access to electricity generally rely on kerosene wick lamps (in 2.4 million households). This form of lighting is neither cost-effective nor environment-friendly. Fumes from the kerosene lamps affect the eyes and lungs and contribute to global warming due to release of greenhouse gas. The quality of light is inferior and there is a high risk of accidental fire. Additionally since kerosene has to be imported, government has to spend its limited foreign currency.

Activities

1) Train village youth & support children's club activities, 2) Community orientation, 3) Train on how to form saving & credit groups, 4) Train on repair & maintenance, 5) Distribute solar tuki through microfinancing, 6) Install charging system

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £2,455
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £48,451
Total Funding Goal: £50,906

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Improvement in quality of life, health (especially of children and women), and studying conditions; increase in evening economic activity; reduction in fire hazards, environmental pollution, global warming, and dependency on imported kerosene.

Project Message

"No more waiting in kerosene queues for me, and no more money spent on batteries for the radio! No more fear of fire and smoke. All it takes is a flick of a switch to put it on and off!"
- Nara Bahadur Tamang, beneficiary of Solar Tuki installed in his home

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Prachet Kumar Shrestha,
Team Leader
Wise-use House
Jwagol, Kopundol
Kathmandu, Bagmati Post Box 9210
Nepal
+ 977 1 5553870
Email:

Project Sponsor

World Bank Development Marketplace

Organisation

Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA)
Wise-use House Jwagol, Kopundol
Kathmandu, Bagmati Post Box 9210
Nepal
+977 1 5553870
http://www.ecca.org.np

Learn more about Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nepal and can also be found under Climate Change (GG Green).

For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 03, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 02, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Project Updates - August 2010

By Angel Chitrakar - Program Officer, August 03, 2010 11:29 AM

Students using solar tuki for their study

Use of Solar tuki during preparing evening meal

The following activities had been achieved till the end of July 2010:

• Establishment & Support for Community Charging Center, Chitwan:

A Community Charging center has been established at the kantipur village of Chitwan District. Near about 50 household without connection of national grid electricity are benefited through the establishment of the center. Two persons from the village were trained as well as equipped with the necessary equipments for operating the community charging center in the village. The graph of Gross Happiness Index of the village people seems to be in increasing trend.

• Technical Training for Youths

On the job trainings were provided for 5 youths of different areas of Nepal. After skilled with the assembling of solar tuki, they were also equipped through a set of tools to provide repair and maintenance service in their village respectively.

• Coordination with Government Authorities and different NGO’s:

One week Solar Light Assembling Training has been organized for women representatives from different women’s group. The training was coordinated with Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City Office. The main objectives of the training were to develop skilled workers to manufacture solar tuki and solar lights for the promotion in urban areas as well as in rural areas.

Similarly, 3 days technical training for different women groups of Butwal in coordination with WATCH had been organized. The youth trainee from ECCA had provided the training for the womens from different local groups.

For the promotion of solar tuki in high hills, coordination with LACCOS (NGO formed by the active local youths) has been ongoing.

Thanks to all the donors who has been contributing for the promotion and successful implementation of our programs. Thanks for all your effort in enabling us to reach in the rural areas where there is a real need of support to change in their livelihoods.

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Report-CC Center estd in Kaleshwor VDC (PDF)

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