People's Protection Services Pvt Lts

Why
we do what we do?

Over
US$10 billion is spent each year on kerosene for lighting in the homes of the
poor in developing countries in the world. The poor burn US$17 billion of
kerosene each year in lanterns to light their homes.  The light cast from
a kerosene lamp is poorly distributed, has a low intensity and is
expensive.  The poor lighting levels from kerosene lamps makes it
difficult for children to study, affecting literacy and education, and
minimizes the effective working hours for income generating activities. 
The open flame, smoke and soot from kerosene lamps endanger lives by reducing
indoor air quality and increasing the likelihood of fire. 

The
negative impacts of energy poverty are sobering.

• The
  World Health Organization (WHO) report that there are over 300,000 deaths
  every year from burns, the vast majority of these occur in low and middle
  income countries. 
• Nearly
  4 million women suffer from severe burns from open fires and kerosene
  lighting each year: similar to the number who are diagnosed with AIDS each
  year. 
• More
  children die from fire related injuries than fatalities from tuberculosis
  or malaria.

Burns
are, however, only part of the debilitating impact of energy poverty. 

• The
  poor, mostly women and children, consume the equivalent of two packs of
  cigarettes per day of smoke from indoor air pollution, resulting in
  chronic respiratory and eye diseases.
• The
  United Nations Development Program and the WHO report that 1.6 million
  deaths per year in developing countries are caused by the indoor air
  pollution attributed to traditional fuels – that’s one life lost every
  20 seconds.

Energy
Poverty must be reduced – and our affordable lighting
products is the way to help people onto the ladder out of energy poverty.

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you wish to know more please contact on: [email protected] or [email protected]