Solar Tuki Brings New Light to Nepal

-Project status: Active
-Sectors: Non-profit Activity
-Funding source: Philanthropy Funded | International Agency Funded
-Location of project: Nepal | South Asia
-Project type: Consumer Products Activity

Managing Organization: Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA)

Managing Organization URL:
http://www.ecca.org.np/



Solar Tuki Brings New Light to Nepal

Contact Name: Prachet Kumar Shrestha

Contact Email: ecca@mos.com.np

Contact Phone: + 977 1 5553870

Contact Address: Wise-use House Jwagol, Kopundol Kathmandu, Bagmati Post Box 9210 Nepal


Activity URL:
http://www.ecca.org.np/projects.php


Affiliated Organizations: Development Marketplace


Related URLs:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/OPPORTUNITIES/GRANTS/DEVMARKETPLACE/0,,contentMDK:20504808~menuPK:1519354~pagePK:180691~piPK:174492~theSitePK:205098,00.html
Activity Description: The Solar Tuki project of the Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) offers rural inhabitants of Nepal a solar based lighting system, which incorporates White Light Emitting Diodes (WLED) technology, as a brighter, cleaner, and safer alternative to commonly used "wicked" kerosene lamps.

Each Solar Tuki lighting systems consists of two rechargeable batteries receiving charge from a solar photo voltaic panel. The lamp unit also has a 3 volt outlet for connecting a FM/AM radio.

A 2005 project winner in the World Bank's Development Marketplace competition, ECCA plans to distribute its Solar Tuki lamp units through an affordable micro-financing program, expecting to reach 800 households within 24 months and the some 2.4 million households in Nepal still using wicked kerosene lamps by 2015.
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