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Founded on September 1, 1999, the Opportunity for Women in Renewable Energy Technology (RET) Utilization in Bangladesh focuses on the role of women in off-grid electrification service delivery in Bangladesh, providing access to electricity with direct current lamps, which are battery operated and typically used with solar homes. Since its establishment, the cooperative has been providing energy services to the un-electrified rural areas of Char Montaz and four neighboring islands. Today, the cooperative employs 33 women in the construction of DC lamps, which are being used for the lighting of small houses, shops, the mosque, and fishing boats. They offer additional services such as battery charging, the sale of electrical goods, and market electrification. The women produce 600 lamps per month and they are actively pursuing expansion into several un-electrified islands. In this photo, a Bangladeshi woman builds a DC lamp.
Source: http://www.psldhaka.org/enterprice.htm
Photo Credit: Sameera Huque, Kolpon Multimedia
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