Stories

Transformation

I arrived back in Zaria on Thursday after a demanding set of flights, and a very long car ride. I made my way to Kofan Gayan hospital and was pleased to see that the lights and blood bank refrigerator were

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WE CARE Promotional Movie

For the last two months, WE CARE Solar has been been the subject of presentations at the Unite for Sight conference at Yale Univeristy, a Safe Motherhood conference at Harvard School of Public Health, and the Institute of Electrical and

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“A Great Improvement”

I spoke by phone today to one of the midwives at Kofan Gayan hospital. The solar electric system was installed three weeks ago, and I wanted to know whether the lighting and communication upgrades had made a difference in care.

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This Mother’s Day – Give the gift of life!

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times just wrote a blog about our organization and made a wonderful suggestion. He encouraged readers to celebrate Mother’s Day by making a contribution to WE CARE Solar or other organizations dedicated to safe

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WE CARE Update – April 2009

The installation at Kofan Gayan General Hospital in Zaria, Nigeria was completed last month; now the hospital has solar electric lighting, six new walkie-talkies, and a solar-powered blood bank refrigerator. The operating room is equipped with overhead lighting and a

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The End and The Beginning

The WE CARE pilot solar installation ended on an extremely high note. The project achieved the following: · Four sets of solar panels were mounted, · Seventeen overhead lights were permanently placed, covering llighting needs for the operating theatre, delivery

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Lights, Cameras….Action!

Although we did encounter a few setbacks along the way, most notably difficulty with one aspect of the walkie-talkie installation, we eventually succeeded in installing lighting and electricity in the maternity ward, delivery room and operating theatre. New walkie-talkies are

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First sets of lights are up!

The maternity ward and labor room now have fluorescent and LED lights, and not a moment too soon. Last night the generator for the hospital ran out of fuel while a midwife was doing an surgical repair on a 13

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Expanding the System

The last two days have been a whirlwind of excitement. The solar electric team began wiring the maternity wards and preparing the stands for the solar electric panels yesterday. Imagine this: in the midst of the usual chaos of labor

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Sweet Success!

I couldn’t have been happier when I received Muyi Lawal’s call. Muyi is the director of Solar Electric System’s, Ltd. in Nigeria. He was in the hospital parking lot, ready to get started on the solar electric installation. I ran

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March 17th

I arrived at the hospital today and was warmly received by the medical director and hospital staff. I met with the operating theatre team and brought in the six boxes of supplies that I transported. We opened each box, and

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