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August 17, 2012
11 per cent of the world still lacks access to clean water
While in 2010 it was declared that about 89 per cent of the population of the world – 6.1 billion people had access to improved drinking water, 783 million people in the world still lacked access to safe drinking water. While the water MDG (Millennium Development Goal) may have been […]
August 17, 2012
Burma: Poor sanitation causes diarrhoea break out in Kachin camps
Many residents of the IDP (Internally Displaced Peoples) camps have been affected by the dismal combination of heavy rainfalls and poor sanitation methods. These conditions have led to a diarrhoea outbreak in the Kachin camps. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
India: Poor sanitation claimed 3000 lives in Alidabad district in the last 14 years
Lack of proper sanitation in Adilabad district has claimed about 3000 lives in the past 14 years. Conditions now remain the same as they have been since 1998. Read more here
August 17, 2012
Pakistan: Punjab to provide solar panels worth PKR 2 billion
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif declared that the government would be spending PKR 2 billion to provide solar panels to the people. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
India: Solar lanterns distributed in Jharkhand
A new initiative in the village of Ulti in Jharkhand, India has enabled women to have reliable source of light from solar lanterns at very cheap costs. At a cost of INR 15, women can now charge their solar LED lanterns daily. Read more here.
August 17, 2012
Australian wins award for his innovative business plan
Australian business school graduate Boyd Whalan is bent to make a change through social entrepreneurship, and with the help of his fellow classmates from University of Sydney, has won the 2012 CEMS Global Social Business Plan Competition. His access to electricity in Africa business model is built around high quality […]
August 17, 2012
‘Little Sun’ in India
Artist Olafur Eliasson’s designed solar lamp called ‘Little Sun’ is now available in India at the cost of INR 560. Eliasson hopes that the main selling point will be the aesthetic advantage of the product, which will make it popular both with the low-income and relatively high-income segments. Read more […]
August 17, 2012
Africa: Harnessing pedal power
In Rwanda, Nuru Energy claims to have developed the world’s ‘first commercially available pedal generator’ with its new POWERcycle. This generator is good for the economy as it employs people to pedal with their hands or feet. This device can recharge as many as 5 modular LEDs in about 20 […]
August 17, 2012
Off-grid options provide electricity to Uganda
According to predictions, Uganda – especially the north and north-eastern regions will continue to have low electrification, due to a combination of a number of factors. Rural Ugandans continue to suffer from lack of electricity and resultant economic and health-related back draws. Now, off-grid options has been filling in this […]
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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