Kajod, like many other women in her tiny village of Thali Ki Daniin, helps her family to earn extra money by milking buffaloes. The village, which is located in Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan, does not have electricity or any other basic facilities. Kajod’s husband works in the nearby village as a labourer on daily wages. His income is not sufficient to run the entire household. They own a couple of buffaloes and sell the milk to add to the family income. Thanks to your generous donation of a solar lantern, Jeff, Kajod can get up earlier in the morning to milk the buffaloes. She now has ample time to cook food for the family and can spend some quality time with her two sons.

Thank you, Jeff, for your kindness!

Ram Swaroop has had a tough life. Married at a young age she has two daughters and two sons. Her family lives in a tiny village called “Thali Ki Dani” which is near the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. Her husband works as a labourer in the nearby town of Chaksu for a meager amount of USD 60. She helps her family income by milking buffaloes. The whole family was thrilled to receive the gift of a solar lantern from Susan. Ram Swaroop can now save some money which was earlier spent on kerosene lamps. She can also use the light for milking the cows early in the morning. She wants her children to study and is very determined not to let the girls marry at an young age.

Madan Lal lives with his wife and son in Thali Ki Dani a village near the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. Madan Lal works as a labourer in the nearby town of Chaksu. Their monthly income is a meager USD 60. The family was thrilled to receive the Solar Lantern as they had no electricity in their house. Thanks to the generous donation from Leo he hopes to save money spent on kerosene lamps. He can now charge his mobile phone from the Solar Lantern as the Lantern has this capability. Earlier he used to travel 5 kms and pay Rs. 5 to charge his phone. With the help of the phone he can check whether or not there is available work before travelling to the nearby towns.

Thank you for gifting a solar lantern to Ram Sahay.

Ram Sahay lives with his wife Kamli and two children, Shankar and Guddi in a tiny village called “Thali Ki Dani” which is near the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. He works in the field where he grows crops like Groundnut, Bajra etc. Due to scarcity of rains he does not earn much. He often checks the rates of his produce before taking them to the market. As there is no electricity in his house he used to travel 5 kms to charge his mobile phone but with the generous donation of a solar lantern he can charge it free of cost at home. The family is delighted as they can now freely roam at night, the children can study and his wife can cook at night.

Thank you for bringing light into the life of Ram Sahay and his family.

Thank you for gifting a solar lantern to Bholu Ram’s family.

Bholu Ram is a bright 12 year old boy  living with his parents and sister in the village of Thali Ki Dani, near Jaipur, Rajastan. The village lacks even basic amenities like a dispensary, school, market, etc. Though the village is electrified, they get electricity for only a few hours every day, and rarely in the evening and night. This makes it very difficult for children to study after dark.

Bholu Ram travels 5 kms to the nearby village where there is a Government aided school. With your generous donation, Bholu Ram can now read after dark more easily than by candle or lamp light. His school work will definitely improve, and his eyes and his health will be safeguraded because the solar lantern is odorless and fume-less.

Thank you for your wonderful gift of a solar lantern to Rajesh Kanwar and her family.

Electricity has not yet reached the village where Rajesh Kanwar stays, and the only light that her family knows is the light from kerosene lamps. Despite spending nearly 15% of the family income on buying kerosene for the lamps, the family has been forced to spend most of the night and evening in the dark.

Thanks to your donation of a  solar lantern, Rajesh can think about taking up her long cherished dream of starting a sewing business to make blouses and skirts. Now that she has an inexpensive source of light, she hopes to spend the time after sunset in completing her sewing jobs, thereby increasing the family income.

Thank you for lighting up Rajesh Kanwar’s life.

Thank you for gifting a solar lantern to Nirmala Kanwar.

Nirmala Kanwar lives with her father Lakhan Singh and two brothers in the tiny village of Dadanpura in the state of Rajasthan, India. Life is very tough as the village does not have any basic amenities. There is no electricity, school or hospitals. Being the only lady in the house she has to manage the household chores and also milk the goats which is their major source of income.

With the generous donation of a solar lantern Nirmala can now milk her goats early in the morning under the lights of the lantern. The goats also give more milk as by getting up early, the goats can be fed more before day breaks. It is also easy for her to carry and she does not have to worry about the wind blowing it or the fumes. The whole family is delighted to have light in their home.

Thank you for donating a solar lantern to Naresh Kanwar’s family.

Naresh Kanwar lives with her parents and brothers in a small hamlet called Dadanpura in the state of Rajasthan in India. She is a bright girl hoping to do well in her studies and dreams of getting a job in future. Unfortunately her village does not have electricity like many Indian villages and it becomes difficult for her to study during evenings as she gets constant headaches and her eyes start burning due to smoke coming out of the chimney. The family depended on kerosene lamps which is costly considering that their monthly earnings are meager.

With the generous donation of Solar Lantern by and the efforts of The Restoring Force Naresh can study early in the morning and late evenings and hope to fulfill her dream of finding a job.

Thank you for donating a solar lantern to Vijay Singh and his family.

Vijay Singh an elder farmer in the village of Dadanpura in Rajasthan is thrilled to have solar lamp in his village. He says his generation has lived in darkness but he wants his children and future generations to benefit from the fruits of electricity and he hopes the solar lantern will pave way for this. He feels that children can now study for more hours and people in his village will have more time to socialize. Earlier, people never had time to socialize as they were busy working the whole day and at night they never went out. But now, they have time to attend social gatherings after the sunset and also the security at night had increased.

Thank you for bringing about a change in Vijay Singh’s life.

Thank you for donating a solar lantern to Anandilal.

Anandilal lives with his family in a tiny village called Dadanpura in the northern state of Rajasthan in India. It’s one of the many Indian villages without electricity. His major worry was the herds of Nilgai or blue bulls which used to attack his fields at night and cause widespread damage to his crops. The vegetables grown in these fields are his only source of income, and he could ill afford to have his crops destroyed repeatedly.

With the wonderful gift of a Solar Lantern Anandilal is able to keep a watch on his fields during nights and the light keeps the Nilgai away from the fields.