The Batti Project

In the remote villages of Arunachal pradesh, for children to go to a school demands more than just that. to reach the school in the nearest village takes about 2-8 hours of walking through the tough and slippery terrains of the mountains . The children stay in the school premises during the week, and head back home for the weekend.

The Batti team has been working in this region for six years, lighting up villages in these hinterlands. During the years, we installed lights in the surrounding villages from where these children come from.

However the school is not very well equipped to function. for the lack of electricity in the school , the children are unable to do their chores once the sun sets for the day.  one can see them flashing their torch lights for running between their dorm, kitchen and bathrooms.

A student group from Technical University of Munich, Germany conducted a survey in the region to understand the requirement of electricity for the school and how it can be produced locally. After going back they developed a model, which was capable of generating enough electricity to satisfy the basic power need of the school and surrounding homes as well.

This April, we are going to install the same.

We will use the power of the sun and flow the water to generate electricity.

As per the study, we will need to generate approximately 2 Kilowatt that will run the Lights in the 2 Dormitories, Kitchen, Bathrooms , Toilets, Pathways and classrooms, in addition they will be able to charge their torches and can run basic appliances like radio, computer, street-lights. During the peak hour we will also supply some power to the nearby 12 households.

This will be a community run power system, which will collect a user fee from the households that will be used to maintain or service the system. 

To make this happen we require an array of equipments like :

PV panel, Battery, Micro hydro-turbine, Charge controller. Streetlights, Distribution system, Control system, School appliances and more

The most challenging part of this program is the logistics, as this area is only accessible by foot, which means we need to carry about 900kgs of equipment through deep forest, narrow gorges, and thin bamboo bridges.

In total this effort is going to cost us INR 917000/- 

We have been able to collect some funds, however we are short of  INR 350000/-

We also intend to clean and paint the school, create a space to inspire children.

In turn we will empower the community with the knowledge of how to generate their own electricity so that they can become self sufficient with their power needs.

With your support we will be able to complete the project and the Children will have a surprise waiting for them when they resume their school after their summer vacation.

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