Project Manager: Chiyang Zhrolma (Violet)
To provide 50 solar flashlights to 50 villagers in Mani che’chor Village to reduce some problems people facing in their daily life.
Naljor Prison Dharma Service funded this project
Chiyang Zhrolma is from Mani che’chor Village, bde yngas thang (In Chinese called Dongdatan) Township, dpa’ris( In Chinese called Tianzhu) Tibetan Autonomous County, Wuwei Region, Gansu Province, and China. She is studying in Qinghai Normal University English Training Program, and is one of the members from Shem Women’s Group.
What? To provide 50 solar flashlights to 14 elders, 11 herders, 8 farmers, 17 students in Mani che’chor Village
Project Location:Mani che’chor Village, bde yngas thang Township, dpa’ris Tibetan Autonomous County, Wuwei Region, Gansu Province.
Brief Description of Implementation
This project was completed on February 8th of 2009 during the Spring Festival of Chinese New Year. I, project manager got 50 solar flashlights in total, all of them were distributed to four kinds of groups: elders, herders, farmers, and students in Mani che’chor Village.
There are 14 elders with the age of 65-80 in Mani che’chor Village. It is very inconvenient for elders to go to toilet which is at the outside during the night, because there is no electricity outside. Therefore, it always causes some problems such as falling down from the cement steps, or hurting by some obstacles which are putting on the way. Thus, some villagers suggest me to give one solar flashlight for each of them.
In the village, 11 households herd on the grassland. The problem is that there is no electricity in the room. The villagers always use kerosene lamp to cook and do some chores. Some rich families they use the candle to lighting, but both of them are bad for people’s health. Therefore, I gave one solar flashlight to each of them.
Some villagers are not staying on the grassland, but they have livestock which enclosure in the outside of the family’s courtyard. It is very hard for the villagers to take care the livestock during the period when livestock give birth. In the enclosure, it is very dark; you cannot see anything in it. So in order to bring a little convenience for the villagers, villager leaders, some old men and women and I, chose the eight poorest families and give one solar flashlight to each household.
In the village, 17 students with the age of 7-13 are studying in the township middle school. It is 5 kilometers away from the village. It takes 40 minutes to go to school. They need to walk to school everyday. Especially in the winter, they need to make fire in the early morning in the classroom. And they need to go to school at about 6:00AM, and there is no light on the way to school. That makes the small children not willing to go to school. Thus, I gave one solar flashlight for each of them and encourage them to study hard.
Photos of the project implementing
This old woman is seventy-two years old, but she is still very strong. She always goes to toilet by herself, in order to bring little convenient to her during the night, I gave her one flashlight and she is very happy to get this chance
She is sixty eight years old and because one of her eyes is not working well, she fall down from the cement steps several times which was built in front of the room during the night. Therefore, she got the one flashlight. This picture is showing that I, the project manager is teaching her how to use the solar flashlight, and she is trying to use the flashlight properly.
This is one of the beneficiaries; and he is putting the fingerprint on the sheet to show that he received one solar flashlight.
This picture shows that when villagers get the solar flashlight, they left the fingerprint on this paper sheet.
This boy is studying in Primary school in the Township, which is 5 kilometers away from the village. On the way to school there is no electricity; therefore he is one of the beneficiaries who get the flashlight.
She is 7 years old who is attending in the township school. She also needs to walk to school in the very early morning, especially during the winter; she needs to go to school around 6:00AM to make fire in the classroom. It is very cold and not safe, so she also received one solar flashlight.
These four people are practicing how to use flashlight and were very curious to see such a small flashlight can bring the benefit to the people and do not need to buy the battery.
This picture shows that villagers use the flashlight to take care the goats during the night to see whether there are any female goats giving birth at night
This woman is living in the pasture and there is no electricity in the room, so she used the candle to sawing the clothes. The candle is expensive and bad for the people’s health. So she also gets the benefit from the solar flashlight.
This picture can show the living condition of villagers who living the pasture. It is far away from the village and there is no electricity in the room. It is very hard for them to do any chores during the nights.
Name list of the recipients with the fingerprints
Thanks Letter
However, this time you bring the solar flashlight to the villagers, our life become more convenient than before. In addition, we do not need to buy the battery for that and it is no harm for the villagers to use. We also do not need to worry the elders in the family go the toilet during the night and we can properly take caring the livestock.Overall, we really thank you and our villagers highly appreciate your kind help, and please accept all of our best wishes for your following days and future work.From the villagersFebruary 13th, 2009