Bangladesh - Renewable Technology Opportunities for Women

Opportunity for Women in Renewable Energy Technology Use in Bangladesh. This was initiated in 1999 with $175,000 from ESMAP as a project in Char Montaz, a coastal island in Bangladesh, with technical assistance from Prokaushali Sangsad Ltd (PSL). South Asia Partnership, Bangladesh, an NGO provided initial support in social mobilization and micro-credit. The project provided skill and renewable energy technology training to 32 poor women in Char Montaz and assited them in establishing the Coastal Women's Electrification and Development Microenterprise, which now has become a SME with 117 employees.

Diversification: Initially, it was assembling of DC lamps and providing services through battery charging station. Now the SME has moved to assembling CFL and LED lamps, controllers and inverters of solar home system (SHS) and mobile phone chargers. It has provided SHS to almost 30,000 households, small enterprises and markets in coastal areas, where grid electrification is not a feasible option.

The lessons from this project was taken into a larger project: Bangladesh Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development ($200m). In this project, nearly 200,000 SHS are provided to poor households in remote areas. Grameen Shaki, Srijani, TMSS and other NGOs learnt from this project and made micro-finance available to the poor households for SHS.
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[powervcd]

this video-I will say it is a good one with all the real life information about bangladesh. the country is improving faster than that of earlier prediction or forecasting. about it's emergence among other south asian nations is remarkable.

in micro-credit bangladesh has already got global recognition with nobel prize.

bangladesh's inncreasing investment in the renewable energy sectors is to face the probable global-challenges.

[brownpola]

very very good Idea

[adil3249]

hello there i m looking for bangla woman for life partner anyone intrested pls kindly

send me reply at adilpk26@yahoo.com thank u.

[sniperusg50]

@nmutube21 when they have problems paying them back and end up haveing to pay back double in interest im not sure you'll say the same thing

[sniperusg50]

@KoroOutbreak i think you should see what the world banks stands for when you learn your gonna come back and say the opposit.

[sniperusg50]

@1mohan no such thing you cant get energy from nothing.

[sniperusg50]

@LotharioCasanova how about b'desh for all muslims the world over. read your history islam gives freedom and brings progress, its only the last 100 years that muslim countries went down hill now there comeing up.

[sniperusg50]

@1mohan Its an Islamic country and things like that belong in museum as for the imams there uneducated in islam and thats the problem

[sniperusg50]

@seshagiri66 dont get sucked into the reduced population idea, its bullshit. all children are a gift from god and if he give you 100 then he knows you can cope with it.