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The Edison Awards announced April 4 that We Care Solar was voted a 2019 Gold Award Winner in product innovation for its Solar Suitcase 3.0, which was developed in partnership with Arrow [...]

We are mourning the loss of our board member and dear friend, Jim Rogers. Jim was the former Duke Energy CEO and was an iconic leader in the electric utility industry for almost 25 years. Jim saw [...]

November 29, 2018 – At the Uganda Reproductive Health Assembly in Kampala, Dr. Laura Stachel joined with Honorable Jane Aceng, Minister of Health, to announce that Uganda has pledged to [...]

This article is by Beth Eanelli, a former Peace Corps volunteer. She was a community health volunteer in The Gambia for 2 1/2 years, working with mothers and traditional birth attendants.  As [...]

In a bright room in Google’s community space in San Francisco, three top Bay Area designers unpacked a suitcase. Under the watchful eyes of six We Care Solar team members, they unpacked cables, [...]

A pregnant woman in rural Tanzania has little choice about the conditions where she will deliver. Birth complications can be life threatening. More than half the time, a baby is born in the [...]

On March 9th 2017, We Care Solar announced that Liberia has become the first country to pledge to “Light Every Birth” at the launch of its global campaign to support healthy [...]

Imagine that you are studying for one of the most important exams of your life. Your score will determine if you go on to secondary school and whether you can receive financial assistance. Now [...]

UNITED NATIONS – New York, NY September 14, 2015 – We Care Solar has won the first “Powering the Future We Want – Recognizing Innovative Practices in Energy for Sustainable Development” [...]

Dr. Bwire Chirangi is the medical director of Shirati Hopsital in Tanzania. In 2012, he told us his hospital was without electricity for up to six months at time. Dr. Chrirangi knows all too well [...]