Plans for the Year

I had some extra free time after a hectic fall term, so I've started to think some issues that I can tackle at Pamban over the spring and summer.

Malli and I have started brainstorming new ideas for the coming year. She helped me get in touch with Dr. Elango an engineer who has been working on various sustainable living products. We have been discussing the feasibility of solar lights for the villages of Pamban. Hopefully we can come up with a proposal to get a project up and running for this summer, so I can apply for some grants that are offered by my school and by my town.

The solar cooker project has run into some trouble as our manufacturer can not longer afford to make the cookers at a subsidized cost. Luckily we still have more than 80% of the grant fund still available, and the designs are still usable, so finding a new manufacturer should not be too problematic. Our old manufacturer has offered to help us look for a new one, and we still have 7 working cookers out in the villages so far, so we are on the right track.