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International Volunteer Support To Rural India
In February 2009, two US volunteers called Justin and Ethan arrived in Sonargon, Kanda, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. They stayed in Jeevan’s paying guest unit and supported the work of ROSE (Rural Organisation for Social Elevation) in Sonargon. Many poor families in the area had no electricity and lighting, due to financial reasons they cannot afford electrical connection and the monthly bills. Many activities within the household were in difficulty such as the children doing their schoolwork, cooking, washing, cleaning etc… Elderly people and very young children are the most affected.
Justin and Ethan solved this problem by providing 8 families with solar powered home lights. (The 8 families include 3 widows, 1 abandoned and 4 others). After the works have been completed and the lights installed the families are now much more happier as they now feel. Their day to day activities have been made easier by providing these lights.
Justin and Ethan also provided 4 street lights (3 for the Global community centre which is being built and 1 for Jeevan’s paying guest unit), many people are benefiting from these lights including the locals, volunteers, tourists and other visitors. The Volunteers also provided a further 4 solar powered home light systems for the community centre where ROSE is planning to start a fair price shop, a crèche, community meeting centre, restaurant, guest house, training centre, communication centre, pilot demonstration centre, library and other activities.
The community members and all those who benefited from these works are very happy and satisfied/ ROSE and all the members of the community are very grateful to Justin and Ethan and wish them all the Solar Energy Lighting best in the future.
The Human Problem - Life after Sunset
For the millions of villagers, life comes to a grinding halt at sunset — with no electricity, there is no light, so no ability to work or study or play. Having spent the major part of the day in the fields, the villagers can do little in the darkness. There is no light for children to study or for any family entertainment.
India has over 140 Milllion Rural Homes. Out of this some 87 Million still burn kerosene for lighting. Each family consumes between 100-150 liters of kerosene per annum.
Each liter of kerosene generates 2.6 kgs of Carbon Dioxide. Annually, this is over 22 million tons of pollution.
Carbon Dioxide is a major greenhouse gas and contributes to global warming.
Combining the sun’s energy with modern technology has now provided mankind with a better way. We try to increase the villager’s useful hours after sunset by providing them lights powered by solar energy. This digital lighting is non-polluting and eliminates the carbon dioxide being emitted from rural homes.
Technology has provided us a key part of the solution in the form of high efficiency low energy Light Emittng Diodes (LED) and Thin Film Solar solutions which can power these lighting systems even in cloudy weather situations.
Join this movement to improve the quality of life for millions — bring light to those in darkness and help clean the environment in the process.
Together with your help, we can make a difference.
Dignity through Electricty Program — brings light to familes in darkness and creates a cleaner environment.
Use the calculator below to get an estimate for the donation required to get a specified number of products installed. The amounts are in US$, and the Total is also presented in Indian Rupees, using an approximate conversion rate of Rs.40 to US$1.
Here are some examples of what can be done:
- Help increase the useful, usable hours of a village - with digital LED lights, their daily activities no longer need to halt at sunset.
- Help the really stretched village housewife to perform her daily chores better — cooking, stitching, children and home management.
- Help the village youth get better education. Help villagers who want to learn new skills after working all day in the fields.
- Provide opportunity for new village businesses to develop.
- Help improve personal safety, especially during monsoon months.
Save some 20 Million tons of carbon dioxide from being added to the air we all breathe.
Funds need current projects---
Disaster Relief Action Taken
Due to 8 month drought our wheat , barley, plus and other crops damage badly so we lost crops ,local families suffering badly our community poor families member not found any job, they got food from local market very high cost on loan. They have problem to recover that amount. ROSE provided some food , clothes ,shelter ,toilets and generated jobs to needy families by the support of International volunteers but not sufficient.
This year is not in favor of Uttarahkand people, many people suffering, cattle and land effected, the atmosphere is change and create problems,
we badly effected , people are depend on market , the demand increasing so food grain cost going up .
Being Humanity -We think-
1- Global Community Centre Development-
To providing Jobs / employment for long time to those Families through Rural Development projects also development of Global Community Centre Sonargaon Village Kanda.
Project cost-£ 5000/approximate.
2- Community Fair Price Farm Shop Project –
To provide essential commodity / daily uses needs things for ever through to start fair price Community Farm Shop Project. The poor family member are compelled to buying essential commodity on high cost , so we plan to provide some relief by selling those things in low cost as no loss no profit , this practice save 20% money then market cost.
They can use that money to take more calorie meal also developing the standard of living, health care, enjoyment . They will be healthy and happy .
To Raising funds for those projects and capital revolving funds for running Community Farm Shop , we are establishing contact to our former visitors who stayed some time with our community and future willing visitors also kind donors .
Project cost- £3000/for capital revolving fund.
- £1500 /for 2 employees for 1 year running shop as 1 shopkeeper and 1 helper to maintain the shop.
- £6000/ for buying a transportation small vehicle.
Our community members are grateful to you for your kind heart efforts for good cause and being humanity.
It works on the grassroots level, appealing to the community to become active participants in developing a better life for them selves.
It would be best and easiest way to help to our community to raising funds from your friends /students group activity / donors / company / others and send us through western union money transfer, so our community members will able to found job also earn money for their families , at that time we can developing community farm shop and use some funds for running shop as capital revolving money.
We got some donation from our former kind visitors and some helped also provided relief to our community.
We will be able to buy the commodities / products and cheaper food stuff in decent price from Haldwani. Now our village connected by road so our community members can save 10 % manual transportation cost and time ,
The shop construction work cost is donated from the kind heart donors so save rent of the shop. Product and food stuff cost will be reduce 20 % from the market rates .
I hope you would like to kind support to our badly suffering community , God help to you for your kind efforts. |
