Our aim is to provide solar lights to 5 million households by Summer of 2014. Among the most to benefit are the children, as it presents tremendous opportunities for learning well beyond the daylight hours.  The cost is affordable if organized in a simple village committee micro credit scale, as proven in Worldview’s pilot project in Too Chang village.
 
In cooperation with Worldview Myanmar, Worldview International has been invited by the Department of Rural Development, and the Ministry of Border Affairs to introduce a project which can provide rapid expansion by providing solar lights to 75% of the population living in areas without any form of electricity. This will contribute towards the fulfillment of the President’s policy regarding rural development and poverty alleviation. Taking into account the basic needs of a rural household, one unit with one or two lights and a mobile phone charger will make a radical difference in people’s lives. For the first time reliable lights with very little cost is a possibility. Solar energy technology, and especially battery technology, has become simpler and less costly. The introduction of “LED” lights has dramatically reduced the need for energy from 20-30 w, to around 3 to 4 w per light. It is time to make this technology available by low cost community based micro credit.
 
Sustainable project development allows this new technology to empower individual households. It gives each one the ability to act as its own energy company, without the need of an expensive centralized grid.  This advancement, called decentralized energy production will allow rural villages access to the same energy and lighting available only in the major cities.