Projects

Read more about our experiences in the field, including projects in Malawi, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Haiti, Uganda, and other regions.

• Isha's Dream - Lighting up lives in Sierra Leone

  A very excited Isha Daramy-Kabia called me from Sierra Leone today. Isha is a midwife I met in December through the Global Women’s Leadership Network and the driving force behind our recent excursion to Sierra Leone. If you ever meet Isha, you...

• SAFE in Uganda with the Solar Suitcase

  “There’s going to be a lot of babies saved, a lot of women saved,” exclaimed Ugandan midwife Esther Madudu, after receiving a Solar Suitcase. Until last month, Esther had been conducting nighttime deliveries holding a cellphone in her teeth. When...

• Power to Save Lives

  Dr. Jacques Sebisaho revealed the power of the Solar Suitcase to save lives this December, when he returned to Idjwi clinic in the DR Congo. The clinic has no power, and when night falls, it is impossible to provide adequate medical care.  On this tri...

• The Color of Life

  Our November 2011 WE CARE expedition to Northern Nigeria culminated with the installation of three Solar Suitcases in Wudil General Hospital in Kano. We targeted crucial areas in the fight against maternal mortality: The labor and delivery room receive...

• Changing Lives....One Suitcase at a Time

  Nigeria, November 2011. It's our ninth day delivering Solar Suitcases to maternal health facilities in Kano and Kaduna states. As we make our way from clinic to clinic, we have been overwhelmed by stories we have heard about the consequences of inadequ...

• Passing the Baton

  One of the things we love about working in other countries is that it gives us an opportunity to train others to become competent with solar electricity.  On this trip, in addition to training dozens of health workers to use and maintain the solar sui...

• Special Deliveries

  Today was magical.  Our team left the city of Kano to reach Minjibir General Hospital, where we were scheduled to bring light and power to the Operating Theatre, Maternity Ward, and Labor Room. The staff was excited about our Solar Suitcase training, ...

• Stories from the Night

  Today I am back in Nigeria - this time in Kano, a city of 10 million people and a maternal mortality rate that robs the lives of 1250 women for every 100,000 live births. I am visiting primary health care centers – the front line of maternity servic...

• Liberia - the power of light

  We've been conducting research with the clinicians we met in Liberia to learn about their experience using the solar suitcase. The feedback has been uniformly great, as we hear how the suitcases are used to power lights, cell phones, and other devices. Clinicians tell us that it's easier to see at night and repair lacerations, making obstetric care safer. The solar suitcase has become a source of pride - villagers come to some clinics just to see the bright lights in the maternity rooms.

• Liberia "Light Up A Life" Project

  The Liberia “Light Up a Life” project was formally launched this week when three WE CARE Solar members flew to Liberia to join Dr. Fatorma Bolay of the Liberian Institute of Biomedical Research (LIBR) and Dr. Musu Duworka, of the Liberian...