Project Light II
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 The local women
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In continuation of the previous project, Project Light 2 will focus on local entrepreneurship
training in the village. The team will plan, structure and execute an entrepreneurship-training
framework to empower local villagers to set up and manage their own solar-powered lamp business.
This profit-making enterprise is expected to provide the locals with additional source of income
while generating a ripple effect of the solar lamp to neighboring villages.
As of now, the team is preparing for the projected main trip in early July. We will be working closely
with representatives from the Young Leaders Indonesia Alumni Association (YLIA), a community built by
the alumni of YLI program Before that, a team of 5 members will conduct a recce trip in early June to
introduce the entrepreneurial system to the womenfolk in the island, while conducting field research to
gather data and information that further solidifies the system.
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Overall, this phase of the project outlines three key objectives:
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Build upon the success of Project Light 1 and continue to provide an effective, low cost intervention in the form of solar powered lamps, thereby further reducing the reliance on kerosene lamps.
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Identify and train suitable women in the village to be ‘solar lamp entrepreneurs'.
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Create a leasing system that will target the poorer demographics. Given their lack of savings and unpredictable cash flow, they will be given the option of renting instead of buying the lamps.
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Post-Project Light II Updates
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Project Light 2 took the success of Project Light 1 further by training 8 rural women to be solar lamp entrepreneurs. We achieved this through our very own customized training program called Program Rumah Terang Nusantara (Bright Houses Nusantara). The program imparts entrepreneurship skills, marketing methods and intrinsic motivation in a highly engaging and collaborative atmosphere; while pegging it at a level the rural women could relate to. Two representatives from the Young Leaders’ Young Leaders Indonesia Alumni Association (YLIA) also collaborated with NDI for part of the project.
The success rate is overwhelming: As of Dec 2011, our 8 women entrepreneurs in Pulau Air Raja have reached over 400 households across more than 20 islands.
This approach of introducing clean energy not only empowers rural women by creating meaningful job opportunities, but also strengthens inter-island trade networks in the region.
Please download our post project report here:
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