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Published in Pakistan Today on July 26, 2017<\/p>\n
BADIN:\u00a0Laar Environmental Awareness Forum (LEAF), Badin, in collaboration with Small Grants and Ambassador\u2019s Fund Programme (SGAFP) has provided 1094 solar lanterns to 547 households of the union council Seerani and 10 flood lights, in the same village, to bring the brightness to the rural areas of the coastal belt.<\/p>\n
Through the \u201cPromoting Alternate Energy Solutions through Women Participation\u201d project, LEAF has covered more than 20 villages, aiding 3829 individuals of Taluka and district Badin. \u201cAs the sun sets and darkness falls, solar lights help us to carry out our usual domestic activities till the duration we need,\u201d Zanib Mallah said.<\/p>\n
It\u00a0is an attempt to empower the women of the\u00a0rural area through providing them extra time for their income generative domestic activities, like embroidery, stitching,\u201d LEAF employee Nargis Turk maintained.<\/p>\n
Though, according to villagers, the\u00a0project has left the positive impact on the lives of rural communities of union council Seerani; LEAF has also sought more suggestions to introduce more projects of such nature to help poor in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cPoverty, one of the major issues of the local people, has put restrictions to their development and livelihood initiatives.<\/p>\n
Much more is needed to be done for poverty stricken people of the area,\u201d LEAF head Nawaz Khatti observed.<\/p>\n