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Light, water, a teacher, a health worker, a first income and a warm winter. Each program is run with the village and checked every spring.
Programs
Light, water, a teacher, a health worker, a first income and a warm winter. Each program is run with the village and checked every spring.
Programs
Light, water, a teacher, a health worker, a first income and a warm winter. Each program is run with the village and checked every spring.
Every program is run by people who live in the valleys. The share beside each one is its part of last year's field spend.
01 / 06
Two panels and three lamps per home, fitted by local crews.
A kit costs $118 fitted and lasts about twelve years. We train two people in every village to repair it, and we come back each spring to check the batteries.
2,140homes lit
34% of field spend
Open appealsWinter light appeal74%
02 / 06
Gravity-fed taps a short walk from every door.
We pipe spring water down to shared tap stands and test it twice a year. A village water committee collects a small fee and pays for its own repairs.
38villages on tap water
24% of field spend
Open appealsA tap for Lhakar65%
03 / 06
Teachers paid, roofs fixed, books on the shelf.
We top up the salaries of 46 teachers, repair classrooms before each winter and stock one reading room per school. Attendance is counted every month.
11schools kept open
18% of field spend
04 / 06
A stocked room and a trained health worker within a day's walk.
Each post holds basic medicine, a birth kit and a radio. Health workers are local women who train for six months and are paid a monthly wage.
9health posts running
9% of field spend
Open appealsA health post for Pangri16%
05 / 06
Seed, tools and a fair price for what grows.
Small grants for seed, greenhouses and looms, paid back into a village fund. Last year 412 families sold a crop or a product for the first time.
412families earning
8% of field spend
06 / 06
Stoves, blankets and fuel before the passes close.
The high villages are cut off for four months. We deliver stoves, blankets and dry food in October, by mule and on foot, to the homes that need them most.
1,260winter kits delivered
7% of field spend
Open appealsStoves before snow82%
Every program is run by people who live in the valleys. The share beside each one is its part of last year's field spend.
01 / 06
Two panels and three lamps per home, fitted by local crews.
A kit costs $118 fitted and lasts about twelve years. We train two people in every village to repair it, and we come back each spring to check the batteries.
2,140homes lit
34% of field spend
Open appealsWinter light appeal74%
02 / 06
Gravity-fed taps a short walk from every door.
We pipe spring water down to shared tap stands and test it twice a year. A village water committee collects a small fee and pays for its own repairs.
38villages on tap water
24% of field spend
Open appealsA tap for Lhakar65%
03 / 06
Teachers paid, roofs fixed, books on the shelf.
We top up the salaries of 46 teachers, repair classrooms before each winter and stock one reading room per school. Attendance is counted every month.
11schools kept open
18% of field spend
04 / 06
A stocked room and a trained health worker within a day's walk.
Each post holds basic medicine, a birth kit and a radio. Health workers are local women who train for six months and are paid a monthly wage.
9health posts running
9% of field spend
Open appealsA health post for Pangri16%
05 / 06
Seed, tools and a fair price for what grows.
Small grants for seed, greenhouses and looms, paid back into a village fund. Last year 412 families sold a crop or a product for the first time.
412families earning
8% of field spend
06 / 06
Stoves, blankets and fuel before the passes close.
The high villages are cut off for four months. We deliver stoves, blankets and dry food in October, by mule and on foot, to the homes that need them most.
1,260winter kits delivered
7% of field spend
Open appealsStoves before snow82%
Every program is run by people who live in the valleys. The share beside each one is its part of last year's field spend.
01 / 06
Two panels and three lamps per home, fitted by local crews.
A kit costs $118 fitted and lasts about twelve years. We train two people in every village to repair it, and we come back each spring to check the batteries.
2,140homes lit
34% of field spend
Open appealsWinter light appeal74%
02 / 06
Gravity-fed taps a short walk from every door.
We pipe spring water down to shared tap stands and test it twice a year. A village water committee collects a small fee and pays for its own repairs.
38villages on tap water
24% of field spend
Open appealsA tap for Lhakar65%
03 / 06
Teachers paid, roofs fixed, books on the shelf.
We top up the salaries of 46 teachers, repair classrooms before each winter and stock one reading room per school. Attendance is counted every month.
11schools kept open
18% of field spend
04 / 06
A stocked room and a trained health worker within a day's walk.
Each post holds basic medicine, a birth kit and a radio. Health workers are local women who train for six months and are paid a monthly wage.
9health posts running
9% of field spend
Open appealsA health post for Pangri16%
05 / 06
Seed, tools and a fair price for what grows.
Small grants for seed, greenhouses and looms, paid back into a village fund. Last year 412 families sold a crop or a product for the first time.
412families earning
8% of field spend
06 / 06
Stoves, blankets and fuel before the passes close.
The high villages are cut off for four months. We deliver stoves, blankets and dry food in October, by mule and on foot, to the homes that need them most.
1,260winter kits delivered
7% of field spend
Open appealsStoves before snow82%
Where it goes
We publish every line of the accounts each spring. Pick a gift and see where each cent of it lands.
The field share, by program
Solar light34%$7.74
Clean water24%$5.46
Schooling18%$4.09
Health posts9%$2.05
Livelihoods8%$1.82
Winter relief7%$1.59Where it goes
We publish every line of the accounts each spring. Pick a gift and see where each cent of it lands.
The field share, by program
Solar light34%$7.74Clean water24%$5.46Schooling18%$4.09Health posts9%$2.05Livelihoods8%$1.82Winter relief7%$1.59Where it goes
We publish every line of the accounts each spring. Pick a gift and see where each cent of it lands.
The field share, by program
Solar light34%$7.74Clean water24%$5.46Schooling18%$4.09Health posts9%$2.05Livelihoods8%$1.82Winter relief7%$1.59
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$25 lights 3 homes for a year
2,140 homes lit since 2011 · 91¢ of every dollar goes to the field
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$25 lights 3 homes for a year
2,140 homes lit since 2011 · 91¢ of every dollar goes to the field
Give
Choose your gift
$25 lights 3 homes for a year
2,140 homes lit since 2011 · 91¢ of every dollar goes to the field