In the News
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CNN continues their coverage of We Care Solar in an article telling some of the stories of how the Solar Suitcases have been used. – March 1, 2013. |
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CNN’s Christie O’Reilly tells the story of Laura Stachel’s trip to Nigeria that inspired the Solar Suitcase as part of the CNN Hero coverage – Feb 28, 2013. |
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A second We Care Solar installation, this time at Katimbira Health Center in Nkhotakota, is covered by the Malawi News Agency. – February 3, 2013. |
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The Malawi News Agency covers the installation of a new solar suitcase at Chinguluwe Health Center, where expectant mothers were previously asked to bring a candle with them when coming for delivery. – January 30, 2013. |
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jWeekly traces the origins of both We Care Solar and of Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, detailing their motivations for creating the first suitcase and the hundreds that have followed. – January 24, 2013. |
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We Care Solar marks the MLK Day of Service by partnering with the Tech Museum and 50 bay area students and their families to build solar suitcases for Sierra Leone. – January 15, 2013. |
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The Lake County Record Bee describes Dr. Paula Dhanda’s training by We Care Solar to be a Solar Ambassador and her upcoming trip to Nepal to install two Solar Suitcases. – October 9, 2012. |
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The California Report’s State of Heath blog details the recently completed Women Ambassadors training, focusing on the pediatrician Juliette Alyek, who traveled all the way from Uganda to attend. – October 3, 2012. |
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Ariel Schwartz of Co.Exist discusses the history of the solar suitcase and some of its latest impacts in the field. – June 6, 2012. |
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SmartPlanet by CBS has put together a video showing in detail the latest version of the solar suitcase while describing the latest work of We Care Solar. – July 5, 2012. |
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The Solar Suitcase is featured as a tool for helping women in the developing world during a Mother’s Day event at the World Renewable Energy Forum in Denver, Colorado. – May 29, 2012. |
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Voice of America discusses maternal mortality in Kano, Nigera – and We Care Solar’s efforts to combat it. – May 25, 2012. |
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Ken Banks, Founder of kiwanja.net and creater of FrontlineSMS discusses the process of innovation, using We Care Solar as an example. – May 10, 2012. |
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PBS News Hour’s followup article on the overwhelming response from viewers after their April 4th interview with Hal and Laura aired – April 19, 2012. |
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Podcast – Standford Social Innovation Review’s Sheela Sethuraman interviews Hal and Laura about their efforts to combat maternal mortality – April 18, 2012. |
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Tracey Taylor from Berkeleyside tells the tale of We Care Solar and the accidental entrepreneurs that founded it – April 16, 2012. |
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PBS News Hour’s Spencer Michaels interviewed Laura and Hal at their home and describes what We Care Solar is all about and where we’re going – April 4, 2012. |
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The Huffington Post discussing We Care Solar’s work in Nigeria and elsewhere – March 9, 2012. |
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CBC Radio article and podcast: Host Rick MacInnes-Rae interviews Laura Stachel in Sierra Leone for Dispatches – February 29, 2012. |
Claudia Meléndez Salinas’s article about a California high school making solar suitcases – February 24, 2012. |
Laura Stachel’s “Mobile Message” from Nigeria to National Geographic’s NewsWatch site talks about the impact of a simple solar solution on emergency obstetrics. – January 12, 2012. |
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Read this inspiring article by John Stroud about the Solar Suitcase educational programs created by Solar Energy International and WE CARE Solar – December 4, 2011
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Home Power Magazine’s Kelly Davidson traces the efforts of WE CARE Solar to improve maternal health in this interview with co-founders Hal Aronson and Laura Stachel – December 2011
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Daryl Kagan interviewed Dr. Laura Stachel about her transition from clinical practice to public health after a life-changing back injury – November 8, 2011
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Chris Meehan highlights WE CARE Solar’s recent win of the Nokia Health Tech Award in San Jose – October 28, 2011
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Harry McKracken reports on the winners of the 2011 Tech Awards, including WE CARE Solar – Oct 21, 2011
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 OB/GYN’s solar suitcase saves lives in poor nationsJames Temple interviewed WE CARE Solar founders Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson in this terrific article about our organization – Oct 16, 11 |
 ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ taught women about sexuality and reproductive healthLaura Stachel was interviewed for this article about the impact of the 1970′s classic women’s health book entitled ”Our Bodies Ourselves” - October 4, 2011 |
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School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley – Sept 22, 2011
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Governor of the Republic of Liberia – Governor’s Mansion – March 17, 2011
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 The Tech Awards 2011 LaureateWE CARE Solar was today named as a laureate of The Tech Awards 2011 in recognition of its work to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in the developing world by providing solar electricity for lighting and communications – September 15, 2011 |
 Innovations in Global HealthcareABC News SaveOne.net global health website by ABC news. They featured an “Innovations in Global Healthcare” panel on July 2, 2011 at the Aspen Ideas festival. Their website includes a video of Dr. Laura Stachel speaking at the panel. |
 Green Tech InnovationsAspen Ideas Festival 2011 featured a Green Tech Innovations Panel, including WE CARE Solar. See the presentation by co-founder Laura Stachel, which begins 16:50 minutes into the video – July 2011 |
 Can Solar Power System in a Suitcase Save Mothers’ Lives?Senior Editor, Alexis Madrigal, interviewed Hal Aronson and Laura Stachel at the 2011 Aspen Ideas Festival. Here’s his article on the Solar Suitcase – July 2011 |
 Inspirational Women of 2011Elle magazine writes about Laura Stachel and gives WE CARE Solar a 2011 “Green Award” in their July 2011 issue. |
 CNN Innovation BlogKiwanja founder Ken Banks wrote a commentary about unlikely innovators, featuring Laura Stachel and WE CARE Solar in this CNN blog - June 15, 2011 |
 The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator Blog by Frontline SMS founder Ken Banks on”The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator,”where he talks about meeting Dr. Stachel – February 24, 2011 |
 Shining a Light on Maternal MortalityChristina Hernandez talks with Dr. Laura Stachel about WE CARE Solar-February 17, 2011 |
 WE CARE Solar’s Design for Impact Lab Feedback Implemented in Solar Suitcase for LiberiaBoston-based design group Design That Matters met with Dr. Stachel at the end of January to help with suitcase design – February 4, 2011 |
 Solar Suitcase Sheds Light on Sunset Deliveries in Developing Countries.Alex Goldmark of Fast Company interviews Laura Stachel in October 2010 about the WE CARE solar programs in developing countries – October 27, 2011 |
 WE CARE Solar—A Suitcase-Size Solution to Reducing Maternal MortalityCarol Erickson from Ashoka talks with Dr. Laura Stachel – June 19, 2011 |
 Voice of AmericaVoice of American featured WE CARE Solar in an article and radio show that played on NPR about our work to bring solar suitcases to Haiti and Africa. |
 Post Independent, Yampah students make the case for solar energyStudents at Yampah Mountain High School, Glenwood Springs, CO, volunteer to help build solar suitcases destined for Haiti – May 13, 2010 |
 ASPH, Berkeley Chancellor’s Awards Recognize Student, Professor for Public ServiceDr. Laura Stachel, a DrPH candidate, received the Graduate Student Award for Civic Engagement from the UC Berkeley Chancellor – May 7, 2010 |
 CBS 5 News, Solar Project Sheds Light On Desperate ConditionsKate Kelly reports on Jefferson Award Winner Dr. Laura Stachel -May 5, 2010 |
 Psychology Today“Laura Stachel: Giving Light and Life” by Carlin Flora – June 2010 |
 UC Students Mobilize for HaitiDonna Hemmila talks about the efforts of WE CARE Solar in Haiti and the impact of Solar Suitcases on the relief efforts – April 26, 2010 |
 ECE Students, Faculty Help Expand Impact of “Solar Suitcase”In the Villanova Univerty College of Engineering, students learn to see the value of applying their skills to benefit the greater good. In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, this commitment can be seen in the growing collaboration between ECE faculty and students and WE CARE Solar. |
 DC Kids Build Solar Kits for HaitiHere’s a Fox News video on the participation of DC urban youth involved in our solar suitcase project under the direction of WDC Solar and ARCH Development. These suitcases are being made for Haiti. |
 Let There Be Light: A new generation of lighting solutions seeks to illuminate the darkest recesses of the world.An article by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson in Architectural Lighting reviews off-grid lighting solutions for the developing world, including WE CARE Solar. |
 Our Bodies Ourselves announces the 2010 Women’s Health Heroes Hall of Fame Laura Stachel chosen as a 2010 Women’s Health Hero. |
 The Solar SuitcaseThis transcript and video feature a July 2010 interview about obstetric care in Nigeria and the function of the solar suitcase. |
 Social Entrepreneurs Bring Lessons to Silicon ValleyStory by Mike Cassidy of the San Jose Mercury, who interviewed Laura Stachel and other social entrepreneurs attending the 2010 Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University. Twenty innovators from around the globe came together for two weeks for an MBA “boot camp” to strategize how to bring their own projects to scale. |
 Sunlight Captured In a Suitcase is Saving Lives Darlene Hartley captures the essence of our mission in this article written for an on-line semi-conductor publication called Bright Side of the News – March 15, 2010 |
 The California Report, “Solar Suitcases”Rachel Dornhelm recorded the sounds of WE CARE Solar members Hal Aronson and Laura Stachel as they prepared to send suitcases to Haiti and Zimbabwe. Listen in to NPR’s The California Report – March 12, 2010. |
 Sacramento News and Review“Sunlight Suitcases” by Sena Christian – February 25, 2010 |
 One Million Lights“Imagine a Hospital without lights” by Laura Stachel shows images of BOGO lights brought to Nigeria to aid health workers – February 2010 |
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“Couple’s ‘Solar Suitcases’ Give Haitian Hospitals Solar Energy” by Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato – January 5, 2010 |
 Berkeley Daily Planet“Solar Power: From Berkeley to Haiti and Beyond” by Berkeley Daily Planet reporter, Raymond Barglow – January 28, 2010 |
 Global Engagement“A smart way you can help Haiti,” by Annie White is a blog by one of our earliest supporters from Canada – January 26, 2010 |
 World Vision ReportInterview by Peggy Wegemeyer, “WE CARE Solar” – January 9, 2010 |
 Sacramento Bee“Elk Grove students power up medical solar suitcases to help save lives” -November 10, 2009 |
 Berkeley Health MagazineSchool of Public Health at Berkeley presents this article on “Portable Solar Power for Health Facilities” – Fall 2009 issue |
 California Magazine“Delivering Health” by Gail Bensinger – Fall 2009 issue |
 Winner of NY Times Half the Sky Contest - October 2, 2009Click here to read the winning essay… by WE CARE Solar’s co-founder, Laura Stachel |
 BBC WorldClark Boyd features a podcast on WE CARE Solar - August 7, 2009 |
 Hesperian Foundation“Renewable Energy in Rural Health Clinics” – July 23, 2009 |
 Tonic.com“A Very Bright Idea” by Kendall Hunter (July 22, 2009) |
 New Hampshire Public Radio Word of Mouthfeatures radio interview by Virginia Prescott – July 6, 2009 |
 UN DispatchChildbirth via “solar suitcase” – June 4, 2009 |
 Reuters AlertNetHow a “solar suitcase is saving women’s lives” – June 2, 2009 |
 N.Y. TimesThis opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof, entitled “Childbirth by Flashlight,” prompted many health facilities and donors to take notice of our solar initiatives – April 18, 2009 |
