Pollinate Group with Melbourne-Hauptquartier, helps some of the poorest communities in the world of solar energy and electrification and solar quotes.
The Pollinate Group was founded in 2012 by six young Australians who wanted to address energy poverty in Bangalore, India. Since then, the group has expanded its network in more regions in India and across the border to Nepal.
In India and Nepal, many households still have no access to reliable (or any) network current. Instead, rely on expensive, dangerous and pollution kerosene lighting and diesel/petrol engines. Pollinate Group helps to enable the marginalized women as entrepreneurs who call them “Suryamukhis” (what “sunflowers”). Pollate offers these women training, support and affordable sustainable household products such as solar lights that the Suryamukhis sell in their local communities.
The Pollinate Group has supported more than 2,400 women in India and Nepal to distribute 340,000 products so far. To create income for the entrepreneurs and to save their customers many millions of dollars together. Solar quotes has been a supporter of the organization for almost 6 years. But a little more about it.
While Pollinats were originally on solar lights and micro-off grid systems, the social enterprise has expanded the offer of the solutions.
Sun water pumps – Nepal
Pollate is currently performing a solar water pump project in Nepal. Achieving farmers access to cheaper and more environmentally friendly solutions than conventional diesel and electric water pumps. So far, 18 solar -powered water pump systems have been successfully installed in various Nepalese regions.
One of these projects was carried out on Sushma Chaudhary’s family farm, which was dependent on a diesel pump. Previously, Sushma was not only faced with challenges with the cost of diesel, but also procured it, but also with the procurement; Often waiting for the fossil fuel in long queues. Sushma also found that she often had to rely on male family members or neighbors to support the pump.
“With the introduction of the sun water pump, however, the agricultural practices of sushma were revolutionized,” says Pollate. “Sushma is no longer dependent on the fluctuations in diesel prices or depending on others for the company. Sushma now has the newly discovered autonomy and efficiency in the management of their irrigation needs.”
The financial advantages were significant and saves Sushma NPR 55,000 (~ AUD $ 635) annually, which were previously spent on diesel. And thanks to the increased productivity that the solar water pump has provided, its annual income has increased by 200,000 NPR (~ AUD $ 2,309).
Induction cooking project – Nepal
The induction cooking project offers electric cooker trains and utensils to subsidized rates with the aim of promoting cleaner cooking alternatives to conventional fuels such as wood, animal crap and agricultural waste.
Hira Chaudhary runs a snack business and was fascinated by the induction cooking stove with which she prepared her customers milk tea. This led her to present her customers in the technology, and she had doubled her income within two months. Hira’s mother -in -law now manages the business while Hira advertises the stoves and accessories in nearby villages.
Hira Chaudhary (L) and Soni Chaudhary (R) using hob fields.
For Soni Chaudhary1, one of Hira’s customers, the hob of induction was literally life -changing. In the past, Soni spent a whole day in the jungle every week and collected firewood. Apart from the time and the risk of energy consumption, it had the risk of wild animal attacks; And the continued smoke assignment by cooking firewood had a negative impact on her and the health of her family.
So far, more than 6,000 cooking tops in the households in Nepal have been distributed to households.
Both the initiatives for solar water pumps and induction were supported by Electricité Sans Frontières (ESF) and Empower by Light (EBL), which offer customers a subsidy.
USAID -freezing
The US Agency for International Development (USA) is the main agency in the United States, which extends the support of the federal states to recover disasters and the efforts to flee poverty and the implementation of democratic reforms. A role it has been playing for decades. But the Trump administration recently disappointed the agency. We asked Pollate Group what and will have the effects on their efforts.
“Ultimately, many people are pushed into poverty and the developing countries will be less stable,” said Joe Manger, Manager of the Pollinate Group Philanthropy. “While the Pollinate Group has not been directly influenced by a reduction in financing, we expect a number of negative results of the living standard in the communities in which we work.”
Mr. Manger says that the number of partner NGOs will probably be reduced, with which the group’s ability to scale quickly in new Nepalese communities will be scaled. India has a more robust economy and more economic possibilities, so that the effects are probably lower at short notice.
“However, we will reduce the ability of municipalities to do products like ours because they are forced to use the important income for basic lifespan. In addition, the global financing landscape will become much more competitive, since organizations that previously depend on state financial sources are looking for private philanthropy and the private sector to meet part of the gap.”
If you can save a few dollars to dust the group on your efforts, you can donate here.
And in this sense …
Solarquotes partnership progress
In 2019, solar quotes obliged to donate 1 US dollar for the pollination of the group for every real quote – and SQ is still doing this today.
We recently received an update from the group about the positive effects that had the commitment. The highlights:
- Donated $ 383,437 since 2019.
- 767 entrepreneurs supported.
- 18,407 solar lights distributed.
- AUD $ 8 million saved.
- 103,081 people reached.
- 481,721 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2E) avoided.
For those who have submitted an offer by solar quotas since the beginning of this initiative, take a bow with a bow. You contributed to this amazing result!
Footnot
- Chaudhary is the most common surname in Nepal. ↩
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