Success Stories
Solar Tuki In Kantipuri Village, Chitwan
Solar TukiWith the increasing popularity of solar tuki in the rural areas, the demand of solar tuki sets are in raise. As per the demand and need of solar tuki in the rural areas, a community charging center model was developed to provide the benefit for the community who are not in the state of purchasing solar tuki set. In this system, various numbers of solar tuki are charged at once through using a bigger solar panel, thus reducing the cost of individual solar panel for an individual household.

At Kantipur Village (a remote village settlement of chitwan), chitwan, the households were not in the state of purchasing individual solar tuki sets, hence, a community charging center was established at the end of March 2010. 48 households were benefited through the distribution of 60 pcs of solar tuki and establishment of the center.

Solar TukiMost of the housewife of the village seems very happy after the establishment and use of solar tuki. The main reasons behind their happiness are saving of money, saving of time to purchase kerosene, health benefit and brighter light of solar tuki. As per Mrs. Januka Sunar, she had saved Nrs 350/- per month to be spent for kerosene, brighter and better light than kerosene lamp, easy use during preparation of evening meals and one and half hour of time and energy saving for purchasing kerosene which she has now been using for income generation through poultry farming. In general, all households of the village using solar tuki are being benefited through various ways.

Mr. Subash Sunar (16 yrs) studying at grade 10 and Mr. Dinesh Gayak (14 Yrs) studying at grade 8 of Jana Jeevan Ma Vi, Kharkatta, Chitwan has been using solar tuki since April 2010. Prior to the use of solar tuki, they had been using kerosene tuki as the only source of light during evening hours. They used kerosene tuki in the evening hours mainly for their study purpose. The students were irritated with the particulate matters and black soot particulates emitted by the kerosene tuki, which had created various health problems like eye irritation, cough problems, etc.

Solar TukiWhen solar tuki was introduced in the village to replace the kerosene lamp, the students were excited to use it. According to the students, bright light compared to kerosene tuki, smokeless, no fear for fire hazard and benefit for using continuously light are the main encouragement and attraction towards the use of solar tuki. The students had increased their study hours in the evening by 2 hrs after solar tuki were introduced in the village. The shopping time of one and half hour to purchase kerosene for lighting their house for the evening hrs has been utilized in other activities.
 

Essay competition

To celebrate silver jubilee of ECCA and in order to make the students aware on issues related to water and raise their perspective regarding the importance of safe drinking water, ECCA is going to organize "On-The-Spot Inter-School Essay Competition" on June 16, 2012.

Program: Category I: 6-7
Category II: 8-10
Date: June 16, 2012, Saturday (ashad 2, 2069)
Venue: Namuna Machindra H.S. School, Lagankhel9
Topic: Water related topic will be given on the spot

more...

View Detail    |  Download Form

Top Ten Counselors, 2011

01. Mr. Rabindra Khatri
      (Counselor of the Year)

02. Mr. Bipin Kumar Shrestha
      (Counselor of the Year)

03. Ms. Puja Maharjan
04. Ms. Arati Maharjan
05. Ms. Prabha Maharjan
06. Ms. Shailena Sthapit
07. Ms. Riza Sharma
08. Mr. Anup K.C.
09. Mr. Dipesh Khatiwada
10. Mr. Sushil Rai

 
Light for All
Safe Water for Healthy Nepal
Support a Child
Mirge School Environment Improvement
Download Form
Environmental Resource Center
Facebook Connect
GlobalGiving US GlobalGiving UK GlobalGiving US GlobalGiving UK