The document summarizes the work of Shining Hope Foundation, a UK charity that supports various social, health, and environmental projects in and around Bodhgaya, India. Some of the key projects discussed include a solar grandmother project that trains women to install and maintain solar panels to provide electricity for their villages, a medical center and mobile clinics that provide healthcare to over 24,000 people annually, environmental projects around rainwater harvesting and kitchen gardens to improve access to water and food, and social projects including non-formal education, literacy training, and job skills development. The presentation calls for support to expand this important work.

1. Shining Hope Foundation is a UK charity that
provides grants to carefully selected partners
around the world.
We work to promote sustainability and
harmony between people, animals and nature.

2. We currently support Karuna-Shechen, a
charity founded by the famous Buddhist monk,
Matthieu Ricard.
In this presentation you will discover the
different social, health, and environmental
projects in and around Bodhgaya, in Bihar, India,
which transform the lives of so many people.

3. We currently support Karuna-Shechen, a
charity founded by the famous Buddhist monk,
Matthieu Ricard.
In this presentation you will discover the
different social, health, and environmental
projects in and around Bodhgaya, in Bihar, India,
which transform the lives of so many people.

4. We currently support Karuna-Shechen, a
charity founded by the famous Buddhist monk,
Matthieu Ricard.
In this presentation you will discover the
different social, health, and environmental
projects in and around Bodhgaya, in Bihar, India,
which transform the lives of so many people.

5. We currently support Karuna-Shechen, a
charity founded by the famous Buddhist monk,
Matthieu Ricard.
In this presentation you will discover the
different social, health, and environmental
projects in and around Bodhgaya, in Bihar, India,
which transform the lives of so many people.
Shining Hope Foundation
supports projects that changes
lives in the following areas.

6. Shining Hope Foundation
supports projects that changes
lives in the following areas.

7. This video provides an overview of what we
have achieved so far.

8. Our solar
grandmothers
project

9. Illiterate solar grandmothers travel hundreds of
miles to study for six months at Barefoot College
in Rajasthan, and become solar engineers.

12. On returning to
their villages,
the newly
empowered
women install
and maintain
generation.
the panels, and
teach the next

16. school. We relied on
kerosene to see at night.
“Now, I have a job and also my children have a
chance to study at night. Everything has changed.”
Lakshmi Devi (above) from Barsurdi village, Bihar
“Before, there was no
light in my village and
I didn’t have the
opportunity to go to

17. The solar grandmothers project has already helped
hundreds of people like Lakshmi to have electricity
and light, as the video below shows.

18. Our medical
projects

19. The Shechen
Medical Centre in
Bodhgaya treated
more than 24,000
people in 2013.

20. The medical centre has helped tackle
many preventable diseases such as
tuberculosis, diarrhoea and typhoid,
which if go untreated, can prove fatal.

21. As well as expert medical care, the
centre also has an onsite pathology
laboratory, which can conduct a
range of tests and analysis.
This means patients do not need to fear
if a family member becomes ill.
Thanks to the medical centre, getting sick
is not longer life threatening.

22. Bodhgaya and
provide medical
which visit rural
villages around
We also fund
mobile clinics,
care to those
that cannot
reach the centre.

23. In 2013, the mobile clinics served more
than 24,500 people from 18 rural villages.
The majority of the patients are women
and children, who have previously never
had any access to healthcare.

24. Our medical centre and mobile clinics are helping some of the
most vulnerable people in India. But we need your help to
continue the good work, and reach even more people.

25. Our
environmental
projects

26. As well as personal development, we are
committed to encouraging sustainable environmental change.
Recently, 1,000 kitchen
gardens were created. By
providing seeds and plants,
families are encouraged to
grow their own food. This
ensures they have a constant
supply of fresh vegetables.

27. The rainwater harvesting project has given
people access to a reliable source of water all year round.

28. This means they now have clean,
safe water to use for cooking, gardening and washing.

29. Through this, we protect people’s health, and provide an
environmental solution to water shortages.

30. Our environmental
projects are also
involved in the
distribution of
sustainable jute bags,
reducing the
dependence on plastic
bags which clog
streets and landfills
across the world.

31. Our social
projects

32. Through our non-formal education projects, we support women
and children by empowering them to change their lives through
personal development.

33. For example, the candle making project teaches a skill that allows
them to make a product they can sell at markets, providing an
income for their families.

37. They also teach
women basic
skills in literacy.
This means they
can participate
fully in society.

38. Women learn to
read using
normal teaching
materials, and
everyday items.

42. We work with the local pre-schools
and authorities in Bihar to provide
children with toys to aid development.

44. Training is also provided to teachers, so
they are better qualified to stimulate and improve learning.

45. The yoga classes
aid mental,
physical and
spiritual wellbeing.

49. With your
support, we
can help even
more people.

50. And play our
part in
protecting
the planet.

51. With your help, Shining Hope
Foundation can expand on these
ground-breaking and sustainable
projects, to make lasting change to
some of the most vulnerable
people in India.

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