Children’s Hope India 2 Lights Up the Night at The World Bar in NYC
When two continents connect – it means light for a dark village in India.
Children’s Hope India 2 is holding a fundraising summer event called “Light Up The Night” at The World Bar in New York City on July 14, 2011 @ 6pm. All proceeds will go towards lighting up the villages of Dahanu Taluka in the district of Thane in Maharashtra, India. This event will kick off a plan for CH2 to light up villages in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Jammu & Kashmir.
Today approximately 72,000 villages with 400 million Indians are off the grid and do not have access to power. CH2, the young arm of Children’s Hope India, partners with Project Chirag to provide solar panels and lanterns to harness the sun’s energy and power homes and villages, one at a time.
Project Chirag began as a student-run organization in Free Enterprise at H.R. College of Commerce & Economics in Mumbai. Since its inception, the Project has purchased solar equipment, trained and hired paraplegic Indians to assemble the parts, and then installed the panels and lanterns in thousands of households across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. In the past year Project Chirag has raised over $250,000 to light up 68 villages impacting 2,100 households across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.
Project Chirag: Light Up a Home for $ 85
Project Chirag is a 5 point rural transformation project to tackle rural issues in India, including environment, education, healthcare & sanitation, social upliftment and economic empowerment. Phase 1 of this project is to light up villages with solar lanterns made by mentally and physically challenged and economically backward communities.
The cost to light up one home is $85, and with an $85 donation on Thursday, attendees will be entitled to entry to the event, drink tickets, and raffle numbers. Raffle prizes include tickets to sports, talk shows, and fashion events, as well as dinners and vouchers to many of New York’s top restaurants and lounges. General admission is $35.
Join CH2 in bringing light to the village and income generation to those making the solar lanterns. A win-win for all!
UPDATE On CH Light Up the Night
Over 200 guests attended and raised $9,000 dollars. 100% of all the proceeds from this event will light up 50 homes and 4 community street lights in Dongaripada – a tribal coastal village in Dahanu Taluka, in the Thane district of Maharashtra, India. Donations will be used to purchase, assemble and install 2 solar panels, 1 lantern and 1 fixed light in each of these homes. The assembly of this equipment is done by the paraplegic and deaf and mute men and women, so the donation goes a step further in providing the community with income and sustainable work.
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About CH2 / Children’s Hope India CH2 is the young generation of Children’s Hope India, working to organize events and raises funds for targeted projects that serve the underprivileged youth in India and around the world. CH2 connects students, young professionals, and all other active, creative youngsters, by hosting social and networking events that promote awareness and opportunities.
Children’s Hope India was started in 1992 by a group of professional women in New York. What started with $1,000 supporting one preschool project for 25 children has grown into over 25 projects reaching out to over 50,000 children. Children’s Hope India has raised millions to support a multitude of projects across several major cities in India providing education, food, shelter, and health services to thousands of children. In New York, Children’s Hope gives out tuition scholarships to several South Asian students from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to assist them in pursuing their academic and career goals through college education.
For more information please visit:
www.childrenshopeindia.org
www.projectchirag.com
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