Give Pedal-Generated Light to Millions of Nepalis
Pedal generator light for Nepal
Summary
An alternative to dirty & dim kerosene lamps, a 70-watt Pedal Generator easily lights two lamps in more than 100 homes for 3 hours every night & our individual home-lighting kits also let kids study.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
For millions of Nepalis, night brings darkness, broken only by the dim light of a kerosene wick or hearth fire. Both make smoke that causes lung disease. Access to the electric grid or to clean power from local hydro, solar or biogas sources is often impractical or unaffordable. After dark, families cannot work and children cannot study. In the day, schools cannot access recorded educational material. Batteries cannot be recharged. Telecommunication is impractic
Activities
EcoSystems' team is upgrading the equipment with ongoing field trials. Manufacturing and distribution will begin by mid 2008. GG contributions are expanding the number of home lighting systems we can provide.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $31,081
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $31,081 . The original project funding goal was $50,000.
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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
With electric power, many lives will improve. Families will have light for studies and housework, spend less on kerosene, suffer less lung disease. Schools can use TV to dramatically improve teaching. Rechargeable batteries become an option.
Project Message
“For years I’ve wanted to build a human-powered generator—to bring light to thousands of dark homes I’d seen. Now, this generator and the LED technology will make this happen.”
- David Sowerwine, Managing Director of EcoSystems
Who is Running This Project
Contact
David Sowerwine
Managing Director
999 Olive Street
Menlo Park, California 94025
United States
650-380-5008
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Project Sponsor
Organization
VillageTech Solutions (VTS)
999 Olive Street
Menlo Park,
CA
94025
United States
650-853-1713
http://www.villagetechsolutions.org
VillageTech Solutions (VTS)'s Current Projects on GlobalGiving
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Nepal
and can also be found under 
Climate Change (GG Green).
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 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 10, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
EcoPower: One chapter ends, another begins
By David Sowerwine - EcoSystems Managing Director, December 09, 2008 03:29 PM
One installation may be with the same Sukaura community with whom we start building a bridge this week. Other communities will receive stand-alone solar lighting kits that we can acquire from local manufacturers.
After installilng the current phase of equipment, we will focus for some time--six months to a year--on substantial improvements to technical performance and cost reduction. During this time we do not plan to work in the villages so will not enlist donations.
Photographs and anecdotes we collect while organizing the current lighting program will be sent to GlobalGiving to share with those who have generously supported this program.
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