Dharma Life | Empowering India’s rural women entrepreneurs

In India, electricity has not yet reached all 45 million rural households and many households only have electricity for a couple of hours. People resort to the use of kerosene, diesel, or wood-fired chulhas, which not only come at high economic costs, but also result in substantial health and environmental hazards. In India, poor indoor air quality is the second highest cause of death, after high blood pressure, with 1.3 million deaths each year.
Dharma Life addresses the issue of poor lighting in villages and promotes solar lights as a non-polluting source of lighting, also making especially young children the torch bearers of behavior change in their villages. The organization also promotes the adoption and continued usage of clean cooking products. In order to do this, the organization inspires and prepares rural people in India to become entrepreneurs.
Through its entrepreneur network Dharma Life provides sustainable products - like solar lights and clean cook stoves - to make a social impact and drive rural development.