Bangladesh, Day 12: Electricity

Today was a great victory! With the money that a lot of you donated, we were able to bring solar power to 2 clinics today!

The midwives are excited to have power in their clinics!

This is a project I’ve been working on since I arrived here. And until today, I was not at all convinced that it would actually get done. The whole process — first getting the go-ahead to do it, then sourcing the right materials, getting the materials to the refugee camps, and then finally building the solar power systems, has been convoluted and difficult.

Suman, a Hope Foundation engineer, negotiating for our materials at the shop. I couldn’t have done this without him.

But we did it! Tomorrow we will build a third system, which will put us at 5 out of 6 clinics with working electrical systems. This is a huge step forward in being able to provide quality health care for the refugees.

Building the system

Putting the solar panel on the roof

Thank you to everyone who donated money and made this possible, and thank you to the people on the ground here who really did the work of getting things where they needed to be.

Jamtoli clinic, now with power!