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Eight people, three valleys.
Most of us live where we work. The rest answer your emails, publish the accounts and pack kits each October.
- 5:in the field
- 3:in the office
- 46:teachers we pay
Team
Eight people, three valleys.
Most of us live where we work. The rest answer your emails, publish the accounts and pack kits each October.
- 5:in the field
- 3:in the office
- 46:teachers we pay
Team
Eight people, three valleys.
Most of us live where we work. The rest answer your emails, publish the accounts and pack kits each October.
- 5:in the field
- 3:in the office
- 46:teachers we pay
Most of the team lives where the work is. The office is small on purpose.
Board & advisers
Unpaid, and answerable.
Trustees serve three-year terms and are never paid. Three of the seven live in the valleys.
- Ingrid HaldenChair · Halden Family Trust
- Dorje NamgyalTrustee · Tashing village council
- Dr. Leila HaddadTrustee · public health
- Marcus BellTreasurer · chartered accountant
- Pema LhamoTrustee · Dhorpa school committee
- Tom OkonkwoTrustee · solar engineer
- Yuki AraiAdviser · water engineering
Want to work with us? Field posts open each spring.
Write to usMost of the team lives where the work is. The office is small on purpose.
Board & advisers
Unpaid, and answerable.
Trustees serve three-year terms and are never paid. Three of the seven live in the valleys.
- Ingrid HaldenChair · Halden Family Trust
- Dorje NamgyalTrustee · Tashing village council
- Dr. Leila HaddadTrustee · public health
- Marcus BellTreasurer · chartered accountant
- Pema LhamoTrustee · Dhorpa school committee
- Tom OkonkwoTrustee · solar engineer
- Yuki AraiAdviser · water engineering
Want to work with us? Field posts open each spring.
Write to usMost of the team lives where the work is. The office is small on purpose.
Joined in 2014 after ten years in rural energy. Spends four months a year in the valleys.
Grew up in Tashing. Runs the three valley teams and every October delivery.
Civil engineer. Has designed 31 of our 38 gravity-fed lines.
Publishes our accounts every quarter and answers any donor's question about them.
Former teacher. Works with eleven schools and 46 teachers.
The person who replies when you write to us. Usually the same day.
Runs pack days, the lantern dinner and the donors' trek.
Trains the village technicians who keep 2,140 homes lit.
Board & advisers
Unpaid, and answerable.
Trustees serve three-year terms and are never paid. Three of the seven live in the valleys.
- Ingrid HaldenChair · Halden Family Trust
- Dorje NamgyalTrustee · Tashing village council
- Dr. Leila HaddadTrustee · public health
- Marcus BellTreasurer · chartered accountant
- Pema LhamoTrustee · Dhorpa school committee
- Tom OkonkwoTrustee · solar engineer
- Yuki AraiAdviser · water engineering
Want to work with us? Field posts open each spring.
Write to usGet involved
Not only money. Hands too.
Pack a winter kit, host a dinner, or walk the route the kits travel. Every event below is run by the people who do the work.
312volunteers last yearPack days, skilled field posts and one trek a year.
- 24Oct 2026Volunteer day18 places left
Winter kit pack day
Wellspring warehouse, Oakland · 09:00–15:00Pack 300 winter kits before they ship. Gloves and lunch provided.
- 14Nov 2026Fundraiser42 places left
The lantern dinner
Fort Mason, San Francisco · 18:30A long table, one lantern per guest, and the year's field report.
- 5Dec 2026Talk120 places left
Field talk: a year on the water line
Online · 17:00Our water lead walks through one village's first year on tap water.
- 20Mar 2027Trek5 places left
The donors' trek
Khaling valley · 9 daysWalk the route the kits travel and sleep in the villages you fund.
Get involved
Not only money. Hands too.
Pack a winter kit, host a dinner, or walk the route the kits travel. Every event below is run by the people who do the work.
312volunteers last yearPack days, skilled field posts and one trek a year.
- 24Oct 2026Volunteer day18 places left
Winter kit pack day
Wellspring warehouse, Oakland · 09:00–15:00Pack 300 winter kits before they ship. Gloves and lunch provided. - 14Nov 2026Fundraiser42 places left
The lantern dinner
Fort Mason, San Francisco · 18:30A long table, one lantern per guest, and the year's field report. - 5Dec 2026Talk120 places left
Field talk: a year on the water line
Online · 17:00Our water lead walks through one village's first year on tap water. - 20Mar 2027Trek5 places left
The donors' trek
Khaling valley · 9 daysWalk the route the kits travel and sleep in the villages you fund.
Get involved
Not only money. Hands too.
Pack a winter kit, host a dinner, or walk the route the kits travel. Every event below is run by the people who do the work.
312volunteers last yearPack days, skilled field posts and one trek a year.
- 24Oct 2026Volunteer day18 places left
Winter kit pack day
Wellspring warehouse, Oakland · 09:00–15:00Pack 300 winter kits before they ship. Gloves and lunch provided. - 14Nov 2026Fundraiser42 places left
The lantern dinner
Fort Mason, San Francisco · 18:30A long table, one lantern per guest, and the year's field report. - 5Dec 2026Talk120 places left
Field talk: a year on the water line
Online · 17:00Our water lead walks through one village's first year on tap water. - 20Mar 2027Trek5 places left
The donors' trek
Khaling valley · 9 daysWalk the route the kits travel and sleep in the villages you fund.