{"id":46,"date":"2016-05-08T17:51:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T16:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/?p=46"},"modified":"2020-08-24T20:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:46:51","slug":"were-lighting-up-a-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/2016\/05\/08\/were-lighting-up-a-village\/","title":{"rendered":"We  Lit up a Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Flood victims in Pakistan have lights for the very first time, thanks to Epsom Soroptimists.<\/h2>\n<p>Epsom Soroptimists are delighted that in 2011, their generous aid to the flood victims of Pakistan\u00a0resulted in villagers receiving solar powered lighting for their homes and villages &#8211; something that they have never enjoyed before.\u00a0 The homes now have a single\u00a0bulb inside and another outside the front door, which means that the entire village has light at night.<\/p>\n<p>Working in partnership with SI Karachi Central, SI Epsom &amp; DIstrict (Sutton and Mole Valley) will be raising more funds to help yet more people.<\/p>\n<p>STOP PRESS &#8211; ANOTHER \u00a3100 WAS\u00a0GIVEN AT THE BRIGHTON CONFERENCE!<\/p>\n<p>And the good news is that the original solar panels and lighting survived the more recent floods.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/files\/2011\/07\/Lighting-up-the-Village-with-goats1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/files\/2011\/07\/Lighting-up-the-Village-with-goats1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/files\/2011\/07\/Lighting-up-the-Village-with-goats1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/epsom-and-district\/files\/2011\/07\/Lighting-up-the-Village-with-goats1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flood victims in Pakistan have lights for the very first time, thanks to Epsom Soroptimists&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We Lit up a Village | News | Blog | Events | Women inspiring action, transforming lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Women inspiring action, transforming lives : Blog &amp; News : We Lit up a Village : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of Women inspiring action, transforming lives . 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