The WE CARE Solar team is a Laureate for the esteemed [Tech Award!] (http://thetechawards.thetech.org/the-laureates/stories/1655)
Training and Installation
Blog from WE CARE Solar Kenya volunteer, Irene Abaji. (2/20/2011) http://wecaresolarkenya.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/training-and-installation/
Laura Stachel is interviewed by Fast Company in October 2010 about the WE CARE solar programs in developing countries. (10/27/2010) http://www.fastcompany.com/article/solar-suitcase-for-off-grid-health-care
April 2012 WE CARE Solar is seeking Solar Suitcase Ambassadors who willl be trained for 6 weeks in how to set up the systems. The organization has installed solar power systems in Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda and Sierra Leone.
April 2009 update:
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 suction machine, and the Team reports that the new set up is "fantastic."
History:
WE CARE Solar originally designed a photovoltaic system to power lighting, medical equipment, a blood bank refrigerator, and communication equipment in a major municipal hospital in Northern Nigeria. They installed this system in early 2009.
Team
Academic Members
Laura E. Stachel, MD, MPH, DrPH candidate, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Christian Casillas, PhD candidate, Energy Resources Group, UC Berkeley
Melissa Ho, MSc., PhD candidate, School of Information, UC Berkeley
Terrence Lo, M.P.H., DrPH candidate, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Community and Industry Partners
Hal R. Aronson, Ph.D., Co-Director, Solar School House
Mike Strykowski, Solar Living Institute
Bruce Gardiner, Solar Installer and Educator
Andrew Sproul, Director of Product Management, Adax Inc.
Tom Ohlsson, Owner, Red Dog Radios
Organizational Advisors
Almaz Negash, MBA
Mike MacHarg, MBA
Nigerian Collaborating Institutions
The Population and Reproductive Health Partnership (PRHP)
Kofan Gayan Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
