"I love this picture!"

":-) I'll keep you updated."

"Yotam - point well taken.  Power to your efforts (pun intended).  We can't wait to see the data!"

"Yes, the built in quality in production is important,but what happens when villagers don't know that a dusty panel should be cleaned?or a battery replaced?Who do they call?And how do we know if their need is answered? Right now, villagers'…"

"Indeed: we need more projects designed around revisiting sites to observe persistence.  We did a modest one in Kenya and after less than a year the portable lanterns had taken a real beating.... We had a visitor pass through our lab awhile back…"

"Great points Roy! Indeed, looks like the shading by the mounting will affect performance.And as you said, all we have now is a nice photo, nothing more,time will tell if maintenance is kept and villagers can enjoy it for many years.I hope that with…"

" I agree this is a great photo. What would be even better though is to see another one taken from the same place in 2 years from now and then again in 5 years with an accompanying (independent) report stating that all systems are still fully…"

"You are right Yotan, nice pic. Samosn"

"Beautiful! Leapfrog the mistakes of the west, go straight from traditional to modern..."

"I also understand that all villagers were given a 2 week training course on maintenance and in each village spare inventory was given to the local shop keeper who was also trained to sell repairs and maintain the houses for the locals. And by the…"

"Usman - thanks for the nice photos.  I'd like to encourage you to add a case study to our Field Projects area describing what you've done with these 200 homes!"

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"Fantastic photo! Thank you for sharing. Also, I understand these solar home system kits were fabricated in Pakistan. Very nice! Good work Nizam Solar!"