Education India Project #7850

Solar Lamps for 2600 Students in Sundarbans, India

by Association for Social and Environmental Developme

Project Report | Oct 16, 2011
Setting a New Goal for the Solar Lamp Project

By Diti Mookherjee | Project Leader

Dear Donors,

It gives us great pleasure to let you know that “Solar Lamps for 700 Students in Sundarbans, India” has achieved its target of raising $6000! We have already given 150 individual solar lamps and 7 twin light systems to school hostels. We will be giving out the remaining solar lamps by early January 2012. Encouraged by your response we have planned to continue with the project now aiming to provide Solar Lamps for 1600 students in Sundarbans.

GlobalGiving is hosting a Bonus Day on 19 October 2011 where they will be matching every donation at 30%! They have $100,000 is available in matching funds. The Bonus day starts at 12:01 am EDT on October 19^th/
9:01 pm PDT on October 18^th and will last until funds run out or 11:59 pm EDT/ 8:59 pm PDT (whichever comes first). For India the time would be approximately 8.30 am to 8.29 pm on 19^th October.

If you wish to donate or know of a friend or relative who would like to do so, this is a great opportunity!

Thank you once again for believing in this cause.

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Aug 26, 2011
The Handing Over Ceremony

By Diti Mookherjee | Project Leader

A student receiving a lamp from Ekta of ONergy

On 15 July 2011, 150 solar lamps were handed over to poor meritorious students of seven Government schools and one school run by Baikunthapur Tarun Sanga (BTS) at a ceremony on Maipith Island in Sundarbans. Present were students and teachers of the schools, representatives of ASED, ONergy, BTS and the local government. Parents of some of the students also attended the ceremony. The students, who were given the solar lamps, were chosen by the school authorities on the basis of academic merit and economic need. The staff of BTS visited the homes of these students for verification. Seven sets of twin LED solar tube lights were donated to seven schools where there are residential students or special coaching so that students can study properly after dark.

Name of the School Number of students who received solar lamps

Baikunthapur High School 15

Bhubaneswari Jaikrishna High School 19

Debipur H.M Vidyapith 13

Ambikanagar Haripriya High School 22

BTS Pathbhawan 30

Debipur Karunamoye Balika Vidyapith 18

Madhya-Purba Gurguria Adarsha Vidyapith 14

Kantamari Churamani High school 19

Total 150

The joy on the students and teachers faces was so wonderful to see! The boys and girls receiving the solar lamps said they would be able to study better with the lamps and hoped that in future other fellow students could also receive these lamps.

We thank you, our donors, for your generous support and look forward to a continued relationship.

Student receiving a lamp from Sushanta of BTS

Thank you kind donors

A better life for the girls of Sundarbans

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The Handing Over Ceremony

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Jul 8, 2011
Handing over Solar Lamps

By Diti Mookherjee | Project Leader

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