This donation:
| Mar 30 |
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Alexa
gave 30 for a solar lantern |
A Solar Lantern lights up the village temple!
Priest with the Solar Lantern
Thanks to the generous donation of a Solar Lantern by Alexa and the efforts of The Restoring Force, the only temple in Munj Ka Pura, a village in Rajasthan, has been lit up. When the TRF team approached the village for installation of Solar Lanterns the people requested that the Temple also be lit up. As the monthly income of the villagers is not sufficient to meet their own needs, people did not have enough to contribute to the temple. The priest stays in the temple and lives on the offerings made by the villagers. The temple has an oil lamp which he lights in the morning but in the evening the Temple is completely dark. With the donation of the Solar Lamp the Temple is lit up all evening and the entire village is excited about it as they can now come in the evening and sing Bhajans on special occasions.
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This donation:
| Apr 7 |
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ADRIAN
gave 30 for a solar lantern |
Bane Singh’s songs light up his life
Bane Singh and his family with the solar panel behind them
Bane Singh has a lovely voice and sings devotional songs for all the major festivals like Diwali, Holi and Dusshera in his village Munj Ka Pura which lies on the border of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in India. He lives with his father Narwe Singh, mother Kaushalya Bai, wife Radha Bai and a son Nain Singh. The family’s monthly income like all others in this tiny village is a meager Rs. 500 (US $10). He cannot afford to send his son for studies with this income. He mainly spends time practicing songs and playing his harmonium while his father works in the fields. Out of devotion he does not charge any amount for the entertainment he provides to people during the festival time. With the generous donation of a Solar Lantern from Adrian and the efforts of The Restoring Force he can now work in the fields during daytime and practice his harmonium for a few hours in the evening, thereby increasing the family income and also send his son to school.
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This donation:
| Mar 30 |
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Alexa
gave 30 for a solar lantern |
Ranjan can save 100 rupees a month with her new solar lantern!
Ranjan Bai with her new Solar Lantern
Ranjan Bai lives with her husband Anar Singh, brother-in-law Brijmohan, and their 2 year old son Neeraj Singh in a remote village in Rajasthan called Munj-ka-Pura. There is no electricity in this tiny village and people depend on kerosene lamps for their light. Both husband and wife work in the fields from morning till night and their monthly income is a meager Rs. 500 (US $10) out of which they spend around Rs. 100 for kerosene. With the generous donation of a solar lantern by Alexa, the family can now save Rs. 100 per month. In addition to being economical, the family does not have to spend time cleaning and filling the lamps, or worry about fire or health risks. Ranjan Bai does not have to rush home to make their dinner before sunset and can spend more time to improve their earnings and look forward to a better future. Thank you Alexa for your generous support of Ranjan Bai and the Restoring Force.
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Kamal Singh can now dedicate more hours to his studies!
Kamal Singh with his new solar lantern!
Kamal Singh wants desperately to leave his village of Munj Ka Pura (located on the border of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in India) to get a job to ease the burden of his mother and a father who is blind. His mother, Geesabai, works in the fields from morning to night to make ends meet. Her monthly income is just 500 rupees (USD $10), which she uses to run the house and support her family. Against all odds she is determined to have her son educated and progress in life. There is a ray of hope in Kamal Singh’s life thanks to Mr. William and the efforts of The Restoring Force. Kamal Singh is currently studying in 9th grade and travels 22 kilometers to the nearest village for his higher education as Munj Ka Pura has only one primary school. With his new solar lantern he hopes to be able to dedicate more hours to his studies as he sees education as the only means by which he can move out of his village and get a job. Thank you William for your generous support of Kamal and The Restoring Force.
This donation:
| Mar 4 |
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Chuck
gave 30 for a solar lantern |
Ramnabai can finally cook in a lit up kitchen!
Ramnabai with her new solar lantern!
Darkness gave way to light when a solar lantern entered the home of Ramnabai thanks to Cooler Planet and the efforts of The Restoring Force. Prior to this donation, Ramnabai had lived her entire life without electricity. Each evening, she hurried home from the fields to prepare dinner before the sun set and darkness enveloped the traditional mud home she shares with her husband and two children.
With the light of the lantern she is pictured happily weilding her rolling pin. “I used to accidentally put wrong ingredients into the food because I could not see clearly. Sometimes insects would get into the food in the dark. It was terrible,” says Ramnabai. In addition to facilitating cooking, the lantern is easy to carry, helping the family see their way through the village’s mud paths and fields. Her husband says villagers were scared to go out in the dark because they could not see their way.
Ramnabai watches with pride as her children study by the light of the lantern, nursing the hope that they may not have to support themselves on a monthly income of just 500 rupees (US$ 10), the average in the village of Munj Ka Pura. With a secondary school more than 22 kilometres away, a hospital more than 5 kilometres away, a school teacher who comes only twice a month, and no irrigation for their fields, the solar lantern has now become a beacon of hope for the parents of the next generation.
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The Solar Lantern Project
Mission of the Solar Lantern Project
To bring light and thereby prosperity into the lives of people living in remote villages
About the Solar Lantern Project
This pilot project explores the possibility of creating a social change in the life of very poor people who live in remote villages, where there is little or no electricity and no means of communication. Once the light is introduced, children are able to study and parents are able to do additional work to increase their income.
Sujala Lantern 201
Key Features:
• Long life battery
• Minimal maintenance
• Fitted with long life bright LED’s
• Omni-directional pure white light
• 10 year use with near zero operational cost
• Long operational time of 6 hours between charging
• Charging option from solar panel or AC adapter where electricity is available
• $30 includes lantern and solar panel
What is the life of Sujala Solar lantern?
• The lantern lasts up to 10 years
• The battery needs to be changed after two years. It costs less than $5.
Why should you donate?
This is an opportunity of a lifetime to bring a wonderful change in the lives of others!
Imagine how a family with children who never had light in their homes will feel when a solar light donated by you lights up their home! Children can improve their studies and parents can improve their earnings! Support The Restoring Force and a rural family!
A new lantern has helped Vandana improve her grades!
Vandana using her new solar lantern!
Vandana is studying in a local college towards her Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a good student, who puts in a lot of effort into her work. Her marks do not, however, always reflect her potential, because frequent power cuts make it difficult for her to study. In 12th grade, he was only able to score 70%, as her studies were often interrupted due to the lack of high quality light in her home.
Vandana, like many students living in rural villages, once struggled to complete her homework as her village has no electricity, but now that she has a solar lantern, she is able to spend more time on her studies, and is hopeful that her grades will improve. TRF works with villages like Vandanas’ and provides families with low cost, high quality solar lamps, improving their health and their quality of life!
Thank you, Karen, for your gift of a solar lantern. It will allow the studious Vandana to study late into the night, and do better in her examination.
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