Bringing Business to Bridges in Nepal

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EcoSystems Nepal has requested MWB's support in providingide affordable renewable energy to villagers that are not connected to grid po progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The project directly benefits rural poor villagers that are not connected to grid power. With pedal power electricity they are able to be more productive, and children can study longer at night. Furthermore, with EcoSystems power solution, villagers are no longer reliant on dirty burning wood and oil. During the coming monsoon more than 4,000 villagers in Nepal will use one of thirty-one WireBridges built by EcoSystems. They will attend school, get to health posts, porter goods easier.

Activities

The MBA Volunteer's number one priority is supporting Ecosystems to lower its costs, sourcing local parts so that more villagers can be connected to the grid over the coming years.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $50
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $2,950
Total Funding Goal: $3,000

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

EcoSystems device has a potential long term impact of relieving the need to burn wood and fossil fuels for lighting and power which will reduce the amount of respiratory disease in Nepal which is currently the number one Killie in the country.

Project Message

Jesse is getting into the mainstream of our business plan development.
- David Sowerwine, Founder, Ecosystems

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Tal Dehtiar,
Co-Founder & President
418-323 Geary Street
c/o BBI
San Francisco, California 94102
United States
16134829483
Email:

Project Sponsor

MBAs Without Borders

Organization

MBAs Without Borders Logo MBAs Without Borders
418-323 Geary Street
San Francisco, California 94102
United States
1.613.482.9483
http://www.mbaswithoutborders.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nepal and can also be found under Economic Development.

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 November 12, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 19, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Re: project completion

By John Ko - Executive Vice President, November 12, 2008 06:18 PM

Although, we weren't able to raise the full amount through Global Giving, we're happy to report that this project was completed successfully in early part of 2008. Jesse Bronson, our MWB MBA, did a fantastic job of working with EcoSystems to lower total cost of operations through financial modeling. This has translated to over 4,000 villagers gaining a more affordable access to electricity in the region. For more information on our partner EcoSystems, please visit http://www.ecosystemsnepal.com/

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