New Energy Foundation

Promoting solar energy by spreading awareness, training people and demonstrating technologies

Solar Lantern Projects

Solar Lantern and Evening Education

For many parents and children in India education can not be a priority. The need of education arises only after the basic needs of survival are fulfilled. In doing so children are required to work during the day in the field to help their parents for earning livelihood, obviously at the cost of their education.

Opportunities for learning for these children exist in villages in the evening after the day long work. But the Sun stops shining by that time. More than often rural areas does not grid connection for power supply and if it is their the availability of power is very erratic. In this situation solar lanterns can provide the requisite lighting for evening education of children. With this purpose NEF has taken responsibilities to provide solar lantern to the schools or any other educational institutes that runs in the dark hours of the day.

The NEF has worked with several organization across the country to distribute solar lanterns to the evening schools. So far we have reached 540 villages across the several states of India helping in educating about 16200 children.

Mode of Operation

In order to reach to as many people as possible we depend on donations from individual as well as corporate. We work with several other NGOs who are working for rural education. We identify suitable schools which deserves to get solar lantern. After providing solar lantern we provide support for installation, operation and maintenance of solar lanterns. Our objective to ensure at least 10 years of life for solar lanterns.

Impact Made So Far

The number solar lanterns distributed in different states and villages are reported here. For the detail list <click here>

S. No.	Name of State	No. of Solar Lantern
1	Madhyapradesh	135
2	Maharashtra	65
3	Andrapradesh	10
4	TamilNadu	55
5	Gujrat	30
6	Karnataka	42
7	U.P Lucknow	60
TOTAL		397

Light Children's Future with Solar Energy

Solar Lantern Projects

What is a Solar Lantern?

Objective - Solar Lantern and Evening Education

Mode of Operation

Impact made so far - Our solar lantern coverage (540 Villages - 16200 students)

- Gujrat

Light children's future with solar energy

Need a Solar Lantern?

Need a Solar Lantern?

We are in the process of collecting information about the evening education schools/centers in remote rural areas who would require solar lanterns for effectiveness. Our target is to supply 15000 solar lanterns by 2010. If you need a solar lantern or want to suggest a solar lantern for some other organization, then fill this survey form. Read more.