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Bringing Light to India's Slums
Emily Clark
Bringing Light to India's Slums
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Dear Friends and Family,
I am travelling to India in September to volunteer for a social enterprise called Pollinate Energy. It is no doubt going to be a life-changing experience and I would greatly appreciate your support!
Pollinate Energy is a not-for-profit focused on providing access to low cost, clean energy technology that improves the livelihood of people living in India's urban slums.
Thousands of slum communities across cities in India have no access to electricity, forcing them to rely on burning dangerous and environmentally inadequate, kerosene lamps. This makes it very difficult to perform the most basic of household activities with such a deficient source of light.
For a quick snippet on how Pollinate is making a difference, click here: https://www.facebook.com/SBSWorldNewsAustralia/videos/1216758628343784/
I will be staying in Kolkata and working on the ground at the Pollinate Energy satellite office. I will be working on a specific project in collaboration with other young professionals through the Young Professionals Program, as well as getting out into the local communities.
I’d greatly appreciate any contribution, big or small.
Donations made through this platform are secure and will be remitted directly through to Pollinate Energy.
Thanks so much for your support!
Emily
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Pollinate Energy Ltd
On July 31st 2012 India experienced the world’s largest blackout. 600 million people were plunged into darkness. But what wasn’t reported is that every night in India there are 292 million people still in the dark.
Why is it that mobile phones are no longer a luxury in India, but electricity is?
Pollinate Energy is a non-for-profit startup co-founded by 5 Australians, designed to develop the next generation of leaders and social entrepreneurs while bringing renewable energy to people living in poverty. We work on India with a focus on urban slums – homeless families who live in poverty, in tents. There are 20,000 of these people in our base of Bangalore alone.
These families don’t have electricity – so their kids can’t study at night, and they can’t work, store food, or access information.
What these families do have however, en masse, is drive and determination.
Pollinate Energy taps into this entrepreneurial spirit, using locally manufactured solar systems to provide light to families living in poverty. These renewable systems are designed to cost no more than what these families spend on energy at the moment. We train local entrepreneurs – teaching them how to sell, finance, install and maintain systems.
What these local entrepreneurs need is help to set up these businesses. They need capital, training and most importantly, moral support.
Through a student Fellowship program, Pollinate Energy will help to provide this support, while training the next generation of social entrepreneurs
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