DAY 8

The eighth day had a lot of fun and learning in store for us. The day started at 9 a.m when we all played a friendly basket ball match. It was a good way to instill the spirit of sportsmanship and team work.

The matches ended at 10 a.m after which we had a tea break. We then worked on our project for two hours, gathering and putting the information together.

We had lunch at 1 a.m after which we were scheduled to visit THRIVE Solar Plant. THRIVE was established in 2007 by Dr. Ranganayakulu Bodavala. This company provides solar lights to the deprived children. The motto of this company is 'One Child, One Light'.
There we saw the making of a solar study light aimed to replace kerosene lamps.  This light is a solar powered LED Light that is economical, robust, eco-friendly, safe, dependable, bright, portable and easily rechargeable.

  It was interesting to know that this study lamp could  provide light upto 120 hours when fully charged . We also saw solar panels and also the process of assembling the solar panel. We got the opportunity to interact with Dr. Ranga himself, the founder of THRIVE. He joined us for tea and answered all our queries patiently. This trip to THRIVE helped us in our projects and we left for home at 4:30 p.m.