Light a Village (Lalpur)

Project Brief: Light a Village aims to raise startup funds for lighting a village in India using solar powered electricity.
Project Type: Capex / Infrastructure (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Cleveland
Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Gayathri Krishnamoorthy
Project Partner(s): Sandeep Pandey
Project Address: Light a Village (Lalpur)
Post Atrauli,
UP, India, Uttar Pradesh
Tel: 0522-2347365
Stewarding Chapter: Cleveland
Mar 2004ClevelandUSD 3300

Total = $3300

Lalpur has predominantly poor and landless agricultural laborers with poor access to healthcare and education. The village remains untouched by the electricity grid.
70 families in Lalpur village will receive an electrical connection enabling children to read and women to cook in the evening.