In Memory of Jim Rogers
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 [...]
Light Every Birth Launches in Uganda
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 [...]
Under Stormy Skies
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 [...]
Designing a Better Solar Suitcase
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, [...]
Solar Suitcase Brings Light and Hope to Tanzania Twin Delivery
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 [...]
Light Every Birth
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 [...]
The Power of Collaboration: Lighting Up Schools in Kenya
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 [...]
We Care Solar is the first winner of the United Nation’s “Powering the Future We Want” award
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” [...]
When Light Means Life…An interview with Dr. Bwire Chirangi
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 [...]
When Solar Light Saves Lives by Robin Lim, CPM
It’s after 3 am, and the buzzer rings by my bunk bed. I bolt up, and run to the Delivery room. This is Dulag, the heart of the Disaster zone, where Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines. The [...]