SOLAR LANTERNS — RANMALPUR VILLAGE
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Ranmalpur Village Solar Lantern Project
Provide 65 families with solar lanterns to increase their work hours and safety at night
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Ranmalpur Village Solar Lantern Project
Provide 65 families with solar lanterns to increase their work hours and safety at night
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Ranmalpur Village Solar Lantern Project
Provide 70 families with solar lanterns to increase their work hours and safety at night
This project will provide 65 families with solar lanterns, replacing carbon-intensive, expensive, and often dangerous kerosene lamps with a clean, renewable source of light. Community members are taught repair and maintenance to ensure sustainable use of the lanterns.
The solar lanterns will allow Ranmalpur families to increase their work hours and safety at night and decrease carbon emissions, in addition to creating lantern assembly jobs for SEWA women. Become the Citizen Philanthropist for the Ranmalpur Solar Lanterns Project, and provide salt farming families with a sustainable source of light.
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What?
65 families will receive a portable, 8-watt solar lantern that can be used indoors and outdoors. Each lantern measures approximately 1'9" and weighs 2.5 kilograms and includes a detachable solar panel. The lanterns need to be charged during the day for about 6–7 hours, and can be used for 5–6 hours at night on a full charge.
Why?
Salt farmers live in temporary shelters in the Little Rann of Kutch desert during the 8 month salt season from October to May. Families work in extremely harsh conditions on hot sands and under scorching sun.
There is no electricity, and individuals must walk 10-15 kilometers to procure the bare necessities of life. Solar lanterns will supply Ranmalpur families with their only source of energy in the desert salt pans.
Without the lanterns, energy options for the Ranmalpur community include scavenging for wood, cutting down small trees and other techniques that contribute to deforestation and increase in carbon emissions. The solar lanterns are carbon free and reduce the village's dependence on kerosene, which can be a danger and health hazard.
How?
Materials for the lanterns are purchased through a local vendor in Gujarat, India, and are assembled by a SEWA cooperative of rural village women. This project also provides a source of income for the SEWA women from nearby villages who are trained to assemble, repair and sell spare parts for the lanterns.
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SOLAR LANTERNS — RANMALPUR VILLAGE BLOG
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Sarah, Yelena & Alexis's Ranmalpur Solar Lantern Video Update
by Brett W. on February 03, 2010
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PROJECT PHOTOS
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Solar Lanterns Light the Way
Additionally, having a light source protects villagers from night-time dangers like animals and insects.
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Life in Ranmalpur Village
For eight months out of the year, the people of Ranmalpur move to the salt pans.
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Dancing for Solar Lanterns!
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Solar Lantern Dance Party
PROJECT VIDEOS
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Woman from SEWA constructs a solar lantern
Women are employed to put together the solar lanterns
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A woman uses her solar lantern after sunset
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Sarah, Yelena & Alexis' Ranmalpur Solar Lantern Project Update
Learn about the groups latest fundraising efforts for Ranmalpur!
MEET THE CP
About Me: Sarah and Yelena are two friends living in San Francisco, CA. Yelena is a graduate student in an immunology lab UCSF, and Sarah is a research associate in the same lab. We are incredibly excited and enthusiastic about our new roles as Citizen Philanthropists. The idea of providing energy to those in need, while remaining environmentally conscious is amazing, and particularly timely given the current global energy discussions. We hope you will help us reach our goal to provide renewable energy to 420 people in Ranmalpur Village. Thanks!
FUNDRAISING COMPLETED!
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Lives Impacted: 420
COUNTRY: India
STATE: Gujarat
COMMUNITY: Ranmalpur Village
FIELD PARTNER: SEWA
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PROJECT UPDATES
Citizen Philanthropist Online Resources - over 2 years ago read more
FUNDRAISING EVENTS
RAMNALPUR DANCE PARTY REDUX- FEATURING MUSIC BY HUNT WITH A CAT - April 8, 2010 at 8:00PM
We're hosting another dance party/show fundraiser event to benefit the Ranmalpur Solar Lantern Project.
DANCE FOR RANMALPUR!! - January 21, 2010 at 9:00PM
Dance Party at Milk Bar to raise money for Ranmalpur Solar Lantern Project
OUR PROJECT DONORS
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Semyon and Izabella B. donated to Solar Lanterns — Ranmalpur Village ! - about 1 year ago visit the project
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