DCBS 8
With EUR 12,800 around 28 families gain access to a clean and efficient source of lighting- solar lanterns and help them overcome some of their current struggles.
El proyecto
In India, several cities and towns are so lit up at night that they can be seen shining from space, but on the flip side, there are large parts of the country that plummet into darkness. Two such districts are South 24 Paraganas and Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal. These rural communities are primarily dependent on agriculture and a lot of them are traditional weavers.
As villages in these districts barely see any electricity (at least 3-4 hour power cuts a day), life is full of struggles. The most discernible of these include their inability to cook food post-sunset, children having to finish up with their studies before 5 in the evening, hawkers packing up and the high expenditure on kerosene lamps. The lesser obvious ones include wild animals entering the village causing havoc and the sick not getting proper treatment due to lack of visibility.
Against such a backdrop, a lot of these families are engaged in the dying tradition of ‘Zari’ work, upholding the centuries’ old weaving culture. It is almost ironic that a community which does not see light for the most part of the day should be involved in work that is so intricate in nature!
Milaap’s partnership with DCBS makes solar lighting affordable and available to rural households in West Bengal.
Milaap
Impacto
Milaap is the largest crowdfunding platform in India, enabling stories of hope, courage, and change. They provide credit services to the poor and excluded to help them to work themselves out of poverty.
Milaap partners with a range of credit-worthy field partners who hold a strong social mission. They grant loans for energy projects, water access, artisan supply chains, and more, mostly in rural areas. Many of their projects empower women entrepreneurs, mainly providing working capital to women with a weaving enterprise, small shops, or handicrafts.
SDG’s impacted
With this project you are contributing to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
SDG 1. No poverty
SDG 3. Good health and well-being
SDG 5. Gender equality
SDG 6. Clean water and sanitation
SDG 8. Decent work and economic growth
SDG 10. Reduced inequalities
Read more about the impact you can make through our platform and the SDGs on our impact page.
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