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Schneider Electric has announced that it has launched “Light It Up”, its programme to bring access to electricity to rural communities across the Asia Pacific region.
From mid- September to early November this year, Schneider Electric employees will distribute more than 1,800 units of the Mobiya solar lamps to rural communities in 12 countries across the region.
With “Light It Up”, Schneider Electric employees, as well as sponsors from Schneider Electric’s partners and customers from 17 countries in Asia Pacific, have bought and sponsored a total of over 1,800 Mobiya solar lamps. These lamps will be distributed to rural communities across 12 countries: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, connecting a total of over 1,300 families to electricity and lighting, and helping to improve living conditions for these communities.
Some key ‘Light It Up’ projects that will take place this year include:
- 162 households in the Kawhmu Village in Myanmar are living in poverty and have no access to the outside world. Upon recommendation from the Department of Rural Development, Government Ministry (DRD), Schneider Electric aims to equip each household with a Mobiya solar lamp to improve the lighting situation for late night studying and increase the safety for night time transportation.
- 96 low-income households in the surburbian area on the hills of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia do not have access to electricity and rely on candles as their main source of light. In collaboration with the French-Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Ulaanbaatar’s Social Welfare and Service department, Schneider Electric aims to provide every household with a Mobiya solar lamp to extend childiren’s study time and adults’ productivity.
- 275 households in Tan Loi Village in the An Giang Province of are living off-grid with no sustainable source of income. In partnership with GreenID (a local NGO) and the Women Union of Tan Loi, Schneider Electric will be providing 192 Mobiya solar lamps to the village.
- The fishing community in Dreamland Rosario at Cavite in the Philippines is considered one of the poorest districts in the province. The 50 families in the community cannot afford electricity in their homes, and have to rely on kerosene and candles for their lighting needs. Schneider Electric will donate Mobiya solar lamps to the families.