New Partnership – The Judith Neilson Foundation
Judith Neilson Foundation’s generous support will enable We Care Solar to expand its reach and install our award-winning Solar Suitcases in maternal clinics across Malawi.
March 4, 2024
Judith Neilson Foundation’s generous support will enable We Care Solar to expand its reach and install our award-winning Solar Suitcases in maternal clinics across Malawi.
Imagine delivering a baby without light. Rosette Uwayezu, the 23-year-old midwife in charge of maternity services at Green Valley Health Center II, knows what its like to deliver babies in near darkness. Her facility is located in Rubanda District in
By Dr. Peter LochoroCountry RepresentativeDoctors with Africa CUAMM Doctors with Africa CUAMM is striving to improve the health of women and children in Africa where we are confronted with many challenges to overcome, ranging from behavioral to input shortage to
By Fisseha Moges, National Programs Management Support Advisor Pathfinder International At Pathfinder, we believe that collaboration and partnership in health are central to strengthening the healthcare delivery systems and enhancing the capacity of healthcare providers and leaders and is
In Africa, it’s rather uncommon to see women engineers climbing up onto a roof or using a cordless drill. Since the time we first launched our Women’s Solar Ambassador program in 2012, we have been changing norms. Women are the
Last week, We Care Solar officially launched Light Every Birth in Zimbabwe. The festive occasion was officiated by the First Lady of Zimbabwe, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, who serves as the country’s health ambassador. In addition to wonderful speeches by the
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 darkness of night in an area far
Today the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University announced that We Care Solar is the winner of the 2017 Drucker Prize. We Care Solar’s solar-powered suitcases provide lighting and electricity for nighttime obstetrical care in the developing world. The Drucker Prize
In 2012, We Care Solar started the Women’s Solar Ambassador Program to train more than a dozen ambitious women to become our international solar installation trainers. They studied online materials for six weeks, then came to Berkeley for hands-on training
Posted on Huffington Post, November 11, 2013 When the sun sets tonight around the world, more than 400 maternity clinics that long labored in darkness will have light. Reliable, robust and easy to use “Solar Suitcases” will provide light and
On Monday morning, I woke up early in Kalulu house, crawling out from under my mosquito net, greeted by the calming sound of straw brooms sweeping the dirt compound. One of the interns of Safe Mothers, Safe Babies (SAFE) –
We were in Malawi for three days when I asked a hospital midwife to tell me the word for pregnancy in Chichewa, the local language. “Pakati,” she told me. “What does that translate to?” I asked. “Between life and death.”
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