Pre-Program Experience in Rural India: Installing Solar Panels!

I landed in Mumbai from Los Angeles a few days ago, and had a chance to join a group of junior college students from the H.R. College of Commerce & Economics on a trip to install solar panels in multiple villages several hours north of Mumbai. It was an amazing experience that has made me even more impatient and excited to start working in Hubli. A shout-out to Akhil and Gaurav for allowing me to participate in the sweaty work of such a fulfilling project! I'm attaching a few photographs from this past Sunday’s 22h journey as a teaser (like this blog post) of what is to come from the Global Impact team once we get going!

On a side note, I have been thinking about buying goggles because my cascading sweat notably blurs my vision. I don’t know what the villagers would think of a goggle wearing white boy though…either way, whoever invents a cooling mechanism or texture for clothing will be a billionaire! I’ve been considering getting a football outfit and then replace the padding material with ice cubes, or building an umbrella with a cooling propeller (below the arc) powered by a small wind turbine (above the arc) turning when walking in windy fields…occasional heat hallucinations: fun trivialities! :)