Himalayan Light Foundation

Dear Friends of Himalayan Light Foundation, Namaste! I hope you all are doing well and safe. Last week, we traveled to Gakhu Health Post and Birthing Centre for Solar Light installation which was due almost for past 8 months or more. This project was planned for the first quarter of this year 2020 but due to the pandemic we all got held up. It was a confused, sacred and unsure situation we had no idea what to do next. The news and information we came across scared us more th...Continue reading

Dear Friends of Himalayan Light Foundation, Namaste! In last December, we travelled to Panchan village of Solukhambu district to support a Health and Birthing Center with solar lights. The project supported by Earth Garden Foundation Australia and this time we also experienced a first snow fall of the season at Solukhambu (attached some pictures of snowy hills and road). As usually we traveled to Nele Village and stayed overnight with the family we usually stay and in the ne...Continue reading

Wishing you all A Very Happy New Year 2020

Dear Friends of Himalayan Light Foundation! Namaste! We hope all is well and fine with you all and following to our regular reporting about our projects, this year we had a youngest Solar Sisters Volunteer from Australia and her name was Acacia Merrick, she traveled to Nepal with her father Adam Merrick, a very familiar man of Himalayan Light Foundation solar lighting project who has been participating in this project for past 9 years and supported many community buildings an...d school with solar lights in a villages of Lamjung district like; Gilung, Bhoje and its surroundings. And this time too, he and his daughter Acacia traveled with us to Ghamrang village of Lamjung district and supported solar lighting in a community building. We installed 160 watt solar lighting system that includes solar panels, two solar batteries, LED lights, power sockets and cell phone charging point etc. We have attached Acacia project report on her experience on Ghamrang Solar Lighting Project. ACACIA’S NEPAL TRIP 2019 I traveled to Nepal with my Dad to install solar light systems in a remote community in the Himalayas. I raised funds to pay for the solar systems, through market stalls, icy-pole sales, a film day and a firewood raffle. Also many people gave a donation towards the Nepal Fund. Over 12 months we raised over $3000. We teamed up with the Himalayan Light Foundation to select and coordinate the projects. When we arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal we met Yadav from the Himalayan Light Foundation, who accompanied us on the bus to Pokhara. It took all day on this bus to travel to Pokhara. We stayed the night and then left the next morning on a local hill bus, to travel to the remote Gurung village of Ghamrang, Lamjung. There we were hosted by the local Chairman (Mayor) and his family. The next day we walked to the community building and installed another solar light system, as well as a free phone charging station. We also played soccer and Frisbee with the local kids as well as visiting the school and donating sports equipment and books. Before I left the village I was dressed up like a local Gurrung girl. Then we headed back on the hill bus, with a goat!, to Pokhara. We spent 2 days exploring Pokhara area and Fewalake. Another long bus trip back to Kathmandu, where we explored the old city area of Patan. On behalf of the lovely community in the remote village of Ghamrang, thank-you for your support of these worthy projects. Here, we have attached some pictures of the project supported by Adam Merrick and his daughter Acacia and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their continued support and interest to work with Himalayan Light Foundation in electrifying remote village community centers using environment friendly renewable energy technologies. Wishing you all Merry Christmas and A Very Happy New Year Warm Regards Yadav

Dear Friends of Himalayan Light Foundation, Namaste! In early September, we traveled to Bung village, this village is situated on the Far East corner of Solukhambu district. On day one, we traveled up to Nele Village which normally takes 12 hours drive from Kathmandu and early next morning, we started for the Bung village, the road to Bung village was quite difficult (off road) and in many places the road looks like it has been swept away by the continuous rain in the area, ...Continue reading

Hello Friends of Himalayan Light Foundation, Greetings from Nepal! Last Month, We traveled to Kangel Village of Solukhambu district to support Kangel Health Center with solar power. It was a long and tiring jeep drive to Nele village as usual it takes almost 12 hours to reach the village. We stopped for the night in a family home where we usually prefer to stay. Next morning, after a morning tea we left for the Kangel village. The night rain has made the muddy road more slip...Continue reading