09/10/2026
BACK TO COMPUTER LESSONS, EVEN WITHOUT ELECTRICITY 💻❤️
The lights are still off at Swapnaloke Sabujangan Vidyalaya, our free residential school for Sabor tribal children in Bonkanali, Purulia. Our solar system has been non-functional since March, and restoring electricity remains a challenge.
Yet, we are trying to ensure that the children do not have to give up learning.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our respected benefactor, who has gifted us two new computers. Earlier, three of our computers had become unusable due to problems with the solar power system. Thanks to this generous support, we now have two new computers through which our children can resume learning.
After a long gap of nearly two years, the children have returned to their computer lessons. Much of what they had learned earlier has faded from memory, and they are now beginning afresh, revisiting the basics and gradually rebuilding their skills.
But learning under these circumstances is far from easy.
With no electricity in our building, we are currently managing to run the two computers by drawing power through a long extension cable from a nearby house. We can use the computers only when this temporary arrangement is possible. We cannot even keep them permanently set up in a proper learning space.
We are trying to arrange a permanent power connection so that the children can use these two computers more regularly.
Our goal is to resume their computer education and help them move forward with confidence, despite the difficulties.
A heartfelt thank you to our respected benefactor for giving our children another opportunity to learn. Your generosity has helped bring computer education back into their lives.
We are also working towards repairing our existing solar system, which is essential for restoring a reliable electricity supply to the building.
The estimated cost of repairing the inverter, fixing the earthing problem and replacing the damaged battery is approximately ₹50,000–₹60,000.
We sincerely hope that, with your support, we will soon be able to restore electricity and provide the children with a more suitable learning environment.
Until then, we will keep trying. Because every child deserves the opportunity to learn. ❤️
