Stories

We Share Solar Launches at the Tech!

  On January 21st, 2013 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) We Care Solar launched We Share Solar in collaboration with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose and through the support of Applied Materials. Held in the newly opened TechLab of

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We Share Solar at the Tech Museum of Innovation

On January 21, 2013, The Tech Museum of Innovation is partnering with We Care Solar to launch an innovative hands-on program that gives youth a chance to link science and technology with international philanthropy. The newly opened TechLab will host

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We Care Solar launches Successful Ambassador Program

In October 2012, 14 women arrived in Berkeley, California to take part in  a very unique workshop. Some arrived from Colorado, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington; others flew in from Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and Mexico. Their objective? To learn

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The Golden Thread

We Care Solar was given a platform to speak at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development this week, sharing side event panels with Margaret Chan (Director-General, WHO), Kandeh Yumkella (Chair, UN Energy; Dir-Gen UNIDO), Richenda Van Leeuwen (Exec Dir,

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Powering Healthcare

David Bank wrote this article about the UN Foundation Powering Healthcare workshop; it was originally posted on  Impact IQ on May 7,  2012. “Chance favors the connected mind,” is Steven Johnson’s short answer to the question posed by his book, “Where

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Hope in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, pregnant woman and infants face some of the highest risks of dying in the world. USAID General Development Officer, Chris Andrew, recognized the potential of the Solar Suitcase to improve delivery of maternal and child health care, and

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Birthday Reflections

It’s my birthday – a chance for reflection. Three years ago at the same time of year, I faced a major challenge – how to install a solar electric system in a state hospital in Nigeria. My hospital research the

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