LFE lamps -THE SUPERHERO of every CHILD !!!

If anyone of us living in fast-moving, posh, well electrified cities of India were shown a solar powered study lamp and asked "what do you think this lamp could do?"; not many will bother to answer it. Oh forget it ! Few won't even bother to look at it. Well show the lamp and ask the same question to a child who lives in a remote, un-electrified region of India, his face would light up immediately and will not only give you the list of changes that it would bring in his life but also eagerly wait for you to give the lamp to him. Thats exactly what SELCO does under it's project "LIGHTS FOR EDUCATION"- providing solar powered lamps to rural children who are either un-electrified or are victims of erratic power supply. You know what's the most innovative part of the project ? Well, the children have to come to school to use lights at home. Now one question in mind is why come to school to use the lights at home? Simple, the school will have a centralized charger and the students would take the battery to the school and get the batteries charged for the entire day in the charging station while they happily attend the classes. And when they return home, they take their batteries along and connect it to the lamp. The lamps are designed keeping in mind the young users. The design is so simple. There is no pain of removing the batteries from the battery cover. All they need to do is remove the battery attached to the connector by just plucking it off from the connector. And when they are back from the school they connect the battery to the connector, the lamp glows and there goes the darkness !!!

LFE lamp with the connector, and the battery

The centralized charging station at a school 

       As an intern at Selco Labs, Ujire, I got an opportunity to be a part of impact assessment of "LIGHTS FOR EDUCATION (LFE) ". The lights prove to be every child's SUPERHERO. The superhero not only gives lights to the beneficiaries for their studies, but also helps mom for cooking and also dad with his work, especially in un-electrified area where there is no other source of light. The SUPERHERO has overthrown the evil kerosene lamps which didn't provide much light and also gave health problems. The LFE lamps are keeping the teachers also happy as they find that the attendance level has increased because the children have to come to school to charge their batteries. They say that the children are much regular with their home-works.

A Child studying under LFE lamp

                             Isn't that great- a humble lamp makes a child's life much brighter and brings so much happiness !!!