Drive by Solar Power

A Story to Learn!!!!

Three gals in their early 20s , who came from very conservative family of Rajasthan came to Delhi to participate in Green Job Fair of Delhi. They proved that education is not about studying in expensive college, its about learning from your surroundings. They proved that constraints are not barriers for anyone.

Shama, Sita and Shehnaz they attended the primary level school and learnt the parabolic solar cooker making from a German expert, who visited his village for some purpose. Now they have been the part of WOMAN BAREFOOT SOLAR ENGINEER SOCIETY, their village save about 10 kg of woods daily by their invention of solar cookers for their village. They train 100 people to make such kind of cookers in their village.

These girls know the real taste of success because it comes from lack of resources. They explained how their family resisted to learn and make such things. Initially they found so difficult to understand the German expert who came to village to taught them. It took them more than a year to learn this thing and meanwhile some time they ended up by burning their hands and poking themselves with wires but now they are experts in making solar cookers.

The cooker which they made was built in spring that rotated every three minutes and 23 seconds to change the direction of the solar reflector so as to receive the direct rays of the sun. The entire set uses 2.5 sq m and it takes a month to build one.
There were more than 5 villages in Rajasthan who who took cooker made by them.


Ref "TOI"