Project Light-Up

Bringing solar-powered light to

Pulau Mendol & Pulau Tiga,

Building a brighter tomorrow

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Locations of Pulau Mendol & Pulau Tiga

- Part of the Riau Islands*

- 4-5hr travelling from Singapore

* To be confirmed

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Sg Raya, Pulau Mendol

Tg Medan, Pulau Mendol

Kg Baru,

Pulau Tiga

25 householdsMedian of 5 people

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No stable source of electricity;

households use torch lights and kerosene lamps in the night

Lack of basic amenities

Profile of Sg Raya, Pulau Mendol

Rice farming is the main livelihood

Household income

<US$100/month;

below poverty line of US$2/day 4

Profile of Pulau Tiga

~ 400 households;

3 different kampongs

Clean water not readily

available

~ <10% are believers

Vision

Helping to build a foundation for development for Pulau Mendol & Pulau Tiga by innovative and

dignified means

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..In exchange

for

MissionBringing solar-powered light into Pulau Mendol/Pulau

Tiga through a ‘light for work’ exchange/installment program

Solar lamps

Work.. ..LightRepairing the jetty

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Installment program..

Responses to the program

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Jetty in Sept 2011 Jetty in Jan 2013

Why Electricity/Solar Power?

Off the grid because it is a relatively small island with little economic value

3 key benefits:

Better healthStudying at night

Working at night

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Healthier lungs

Better chances at school

Supplement income

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Cost &Benefits

IDR 96,720(USD 10)

Annual cost of kerosene

Annual Cost of Solar Lamp

9%

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A family can save approximately IDR1.0mn (USD

100) annually or 10% of their income if kerosene

lamp use is fully substituted

In Kg. Sungei Raya,

Pulau Mendol, it is

9 out of 10

Kerosene lamps are used instead, which are

ExpensiveDangerous

Here’s how

ONE

solar lamp

makes a

HUGEdifference!

Education

Health

Infrastructure

This

impacts

Poor in lighting

2 in 5 Indonesians

live without electricity

Every S$50 brings a lamp

into one home + part of

the jetty. Join us!

Through an innovative exchange program,villagers repair their community jetty in exchange for a lamp

A solar lamp

costs a tenthof a family’s

annual spend

on kerosene!

IN A NUTSHELL …

GOAL:

S$10,000 = 200 lamps

= 1,000 people

So FAR:

S$6,200

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Project team members (from top right, clockwise): Irene, Charlie, Kim Bok, Jason, David, Sarah & Mervyn

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Email:projectlightup@gmail.com