I just returned to Nigeria to continue my evaluation of the solar equipment that we have been piloting in Northern Kaduna state. I brought two new solar suitcases with me, which I’ll be bringing to local primary health care facilities,
In March 2010, Hal Aronson, co-founder of WE CARE Solar will team up with five-day intensive course on solar electricity for the developing world. This hands-on course will train participants in basic solar electric design and installation. For more information,
An organization that has touched our soul – One HEART – has worked tirelessly in Tibet to save the lives of mothers and children. (www.onehearttibet.org) Through a comprehensive program incorporating community education, skilled attendant training, physician training and newborn resuscitation,
When high school students at Cosumnes High School in Elk Grove, California, learned about WE CARE Solar from their teacher, Tim McDougal, they wanted to get involved. Jordan McDougal founded a WE CARE Solar fundraising club, and six engineering students
WE CARE Solar team member Melissa Ho has been working on health care telecommunications in Uganda this year. She will be field testing a solar suitcase in one of the health care facilities in Southwest Uganda. When we learned that
We’re eager to improve the design of our most popular item – the solar suitcase. We have receive requests for solar electrification from clinics all over the world – from Borneo to the Amazon to the Congo, and have been
Our most recent solar suitcase “offspring” has a new home in a rural clinic in Rwanda. When we heard that Catapult Design’s founder and CEO, Heather Fleming, was involved in a project to bring solar power to several health facilities
When California high school teacher, Tim McDougal, attended Laura Stachel’s presentation on WE CARE Solar at the 2009 Solar Schoolhouse Summer Institute, he was spurred into action. “I watched the video about WE CARE Solar and got chocked up,” he
Plugged In, the Boston-based non-profit teen band program, held a successful live benefit concert for WE CARE Solar on August 8th. Eight youth bands rocked the night away to raise funds for safe motherhood, as a slide show of Nigerian
Teens across the country are combining their skills to save mothers and babies in Africa. The innovative Boston teen band organization “Plugged In” has chosen to hold a rock concert to benefit WE CARE Solar. One young musician, Mitchell Therieau,
News of the solar suitcase is traveling fast. UNICEF shared information about the solar suitcase in a recent “innovations fair” in Geneva, Switzerland. And Heather Fleming, of Catapult Designs, is testing one of our prototype suitcases in a Rwandan health
One of the most amazing things about being a part of WE CARE Solar is that it has brought together a wonderful array of people. Initially, WE CARE Solar consisted of a small group of graduate students and professors who
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