In the last month, we’ve sent solar suitcases to three continents! Villanova Students from Philadelphia brought a suitcase to a health promotor in Nicaragua in May. Next, WE CARE Solar volunteer Irene Abagi brought a solar suitcase to a hospital
I haven’t had a regular source of access to the internet so I apologize for the lack of updates. I arrived in Nigeria after a brief stop in Italy, where Renaissance artwork depicting night life by candlelight and women who
Solar Energy International is offering a highly recommended teacher training workshop in Carbondale, Colorado that includes building WECARE solar suitcases with Hal Aronson, the co-founder of WE CARE Solar and creator of the remarkable system. The three-day Advanced Renewable Energy
On Monday, we flew to Jeremie, a coastal town to the West of Port-au-Prince that would have required a full-day of travel by car. The small plane took off, and soon we remembered that we were on a tropical island.
I’m unable to upload pictures of Haiti from my hotel, but I wish I could share some of the scenes we encounter. Clusters of neatly uniformed school children heading to school with a back drop of rubble and destruction, public
We arrived on Thursday morning in Port-au-Prince and were struck by the overwhelming heat, poverty, and destruction. As we drive through the city of Port-au-Prince we see piles of rubble where homes once stood, other structures damaged beyond repair, and
We are thrilled to announce that we are winners of the 2010 Global Social Venture Competition – Social Impact Assessment Competition. Our team was led by Abhay Nihalani, a talented 2nd year MBA-MPH student at Haas Business School, and included
One of my great joys in directing WE CARE Solar is getting to combine the talents of so many wonderful volunteers. The list of dedicated souls grows each week, and we now boast a magnificent line-up of engineers, health providers,
One of our suitcases went to the Haitian Health Foundation, a non-profit serving over 100 mountain villages near Jeremie, Haiti. They are using the solar suitcase to provide overhead and mobile lighting for childbirth, and sent us pictures and a
It’s been an exciting month for the social enterprise team at WE CARE Solar. We’re finalists in the Global Social Venture Competition, the largest and oldest student-led business plan competition that supports the creation of businesses that bring about positive social
With only one week left before departure, we had hoped that we’d be packing up all our gear by now. We are woefully behind schedule. Because a number of items in the solar suitcase are custom made for our medical
When high school senior Jesse Del Bono heard about the crisis in Haiti, he wanted to do something tangible. And he had started just the right club to join WE CARE Solar in making a difference. Jesse founded Club RESCUE,
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