Project Summary

Lighting Najafgar Bhoshal Vipauji is a rural electrification initiative aimed at bringing a dependable nighttime lighting service to 100 households  in Najafgar Bhoshal Vipauji (NBV). NBV is a poor village in India virtually neglected from electricity supply by the government and avoided by capable for-profit organizations because of its low population and income. This neglect has led to increased vulnerability of NBV natives to acute health risks, reduced productive hours, increased related security issues (some of which have resulted in death) and a continuation of the poverty cycle. Our solution is to install a solar panel system to generate and distribute electricity to the 100 househol...

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Why Light NBV

A poor village  with 100 households, Najafgar Bhoshal Vipauji (NBV) is located in Uttar Pradesh, which is the most populated state in India with over 250 million people. The village constitutes a part of the approximately 44% of all households without electricity in rural India. Its' natives use locally crafted kerosene lanterns, which emits tons of poisonous soot, as an alternative lighting means. The school children make use of these lanterns at night to study and do home work, and use the daylight to learn during the day at school. Due to constant soot inhalation and fire outbreaks from tipped over lanterns, incidences of deaths are more pronounced in NBV, accounting for a huge part of the annual state average of 30,000 deaths. There are no nearby clinics, as they are all located several...

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