My Campaign Goal is to raise funds for Pollinate Energy. Their mission is to improve the lives of India’s urban poor by giving them access to sustainable life-changing products.
MY MISSION
I’ve decided to go volunteer for the next 12 months in India for a
Not-For-Profit Social Business – Pollinate Energy – that brings solar powered lights
and other life changing products to India’s urban poor communities that have no
access to electricity and clean water.
My assignment is to help Pollinate Energy expand and scale up their
operations to other major cities in India.
This is an incredible opportunity to take my experience and put it to
the contribution of a small yet fast growing social enterprise pursuing a
social mission as well as environmental one, baked up by the United-Nations.
Your donations will directly help improve the lives of India's poorest people and also contribute to climate change efforts by supporting clean energies.
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SUPPORT ME - HELP ME RAISE £3,200
Before I leave for India on 3rd November, I’ve set myself
the objective of fundraising £3,200 pounds. These funds will go directly to
Pollinate Energy’s Programs to reach out to new communities and equip them with
these sustainable and life changing products.
Pollinate Energy is currently operating in Bangalore, however with
390 millions people in India without access to electricity there is an urgent need
to reach out to other major Indian cities which have a high concentration of
Urban poor communities. These funds will directly help a small team of
volunteer, which I will be part of, to set up operations in another city in
India.
These funds will also contribute to on the ground research in the
communities to better understand their needs and therefore help define the most
suited distribution strategy and develop new products to help improve the lives
and health of India’s urban poor.
I’ll be covering my flight to India, so all funds raised are going directly to powering the work on the ground, straight to the cause.
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THE IMPACT
Millions of Indians live without electricity, many of them in urban
slums. The polluting and toxic fumes from the kerosene lamps many families
depend on are the second cause of mortality of children and women in India. In
addition, buying the costly fuel to power the lamps eats up a significant
percentage of their humble incomes.
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Kerosene lamps produce a very weak source of light; the children
cannot do their homework after the sun sets and parents are limited to the most
basic tasks which lowers their productivity and possibilities of generating
income.
Distributing clean solar lighting systems in India’s urban poor
communities has many benefits:
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Improves health conditions by replacing the highly toxic kerosene
lamps
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Increases the ability of people in urban slums to study and work in
the evening thanks to a much more powerful source of light
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Reduces spending on energy, as solar light is cheaper than kerosene.
Better health, more money saved and much increased productivity all
help create much improved living conditions which constitutes a critical
stepping-stone for people to get out of energy poverty.
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SOME FACTS
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More than 29,000people living in Bangalore’s slum communities have been
provided with solar systems.
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Transitioning from kerosene to
solar lamps, has saved more than 307,000 litres of kerosene and 700,000 kilograms
of carbon emissions to date.
THE AMBITION
By the end of 2015, Pollinate Energy plans
to operate in three or four Indian cities, this will provide sustainable, clean energy
to more than 100,000 people living in urban poverty.
With access to adequate resources,
Pollinate Energy has the potential to operate across 50 major Indian cities,
servicing a total of around 35,000 communities. Pollinate Energy’s model could
also be replicated outside of India, both in urban and rural areas and in
refugee and emergency rehabilitation facilities.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read.
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