Thrive LED

Some things you should know …..

India spends some 4.7 billion U.S. dollars on kerosene subsidies every year so that people without mains electricity can light their homes. Kerosene lamps don’t help much in providing the light people need to work, read or study. What’s more, 40% of this same kerosene is resold to adulterate diesel fuel through the black market. The kerosene lamps are dirty and pollute the climate.

Artificial lighting, essential today, will not be provided through the slow process of electrifying our villages projected in the government’s 5 Year Plans.

Today there is a solution to the problem through LED HOME LIGHTS. If LED HOME LIGHTS were supplied to each of the 100 million needy households we could solve the problem immediately. The cost would be about 1 billion U.S. dollars; a saving of almost 3.7 million U.S. dollars per year.

The LED HOME LIGHTS can/will also help people to lengthen the productive day for many of their daily household tasks or lucrative jobs by extending the hours of light available to them. These hours “earned” have been estimated to be worth nearly 25 million US dollar a day and 100 billion U.S. dollars a year. Even better, the benefits will accrue to the most needy!

This 100 billion U.S. dollars “earned” is equal to the entire amount spent over the past sixty years by donors, international institutions and governments through a host of schemes, projects and plans. One simple light, one single light, with a working life of three years and costing $10 can achieve all this! We can show results and back up our claim. Visit our website http://www.thrive.in/index.htm today!

THRIVE signs agreement with Kenyan Government for the transfer of LED lighting technology to KIRDI

THRIVE on 12th October 07 has signed an agreement with the Kenyan Industrial Research and Development Institute to transfer the LED lighting technology to Kenya and to promote local entrepreneurs to make LED lights in East Africa. See the full agreement
THRIVE with the help of Kisan Mahasabha launches LED lighting lighting project for RANCHI MP constituency

THRIVE in association with Kisan Mahasabha launches a huge LED lighting project for RANCHI, the constituency of Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Shri. Subodh Kant Sahai. The project to cover, every home, hospitals, schools and Thanas in two years. See more details in Jharkhand section
THRIVE Second home lighting project in Afghanistan for United Nations (UNAMA)

THRIVE has been awarded second LED based home lighting project in Afghanistan on 19th April 2007. The project to light up 2000 homes in Logar and Laghman is completed. More details in Afghan Section
LED based home lighting Project for Kondh tribes in Orissa, INDIA
More details in Orissa LED project section
The DM supported LED lighting project in Orissa has begun in collaboration with ANKURAN. (Click here for details from world bank site) By November 2007 LED home lights are installed in around 160 villages in Bandhugoan and Narayanapatna Blocks. The project aims to install around 10000 lights by the end of 2007, and another 50,000 lights by 2008 with the help of NGOs and corporates.

THRIVE's MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OF INDIA, Shri. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM IN HYDERABAD

THRIVE Idea and the Development Marketplace 2006 Award to THRIVE is appreciated by former President of India Shri. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam during his visit to Hyderabad on 10th June, 2006. Hon'ble former President has given suggestions to improve the light.