Torchbearers

The Lighting a Billion Lives© International Torchbearer Programme is designed to:

• Incorporate students and young professionals in the rural energy access framework
• Create a cadre of socially conscious youth, contributing towards a better and brighter future and facilitate progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Offer short term volunteering assignments around the year, for a minimum of four weeks
• Provide an opportunity for youth to work with the Lighting a Billion Lives© team
• Gain first-hand work experience in the field of rural energy access by undertaking a series of field assignments.

Who Can Volunteer?

• Students enrolled for degree programmes and above
• Affiliated student groups such as environmental clubs, community service groups, NSS wings, etc.
• professionals with appropriate expertise

Meet Our Torchbearers