Solar-powered street lights for rural Gurugram

08 May 2024

As part of our Lighting Up Lives project in India, carried out with local charity Deep Welfare Organisation, we installed solar-powered street lights in five villages in Gurugram. Although the villages have access to electricity, they generally do not have street lights, so this initiative will improve safety and quality of life for local people, as well as promoting solar power as a sustainable way of reducing light poverty.

The project was expected to benefit over 30,000 people and, in an area where livestock accidents after dark are common, also contribute to animal safety. However, we exceeded our projected outreach by providing benefits to around 36,000 people across the five villages.