Training and Maintenance of Solar Clinics in Burma
Burma solar clinics
Summary
This project will train medics and provide equipment maintenance for solar powered clinics that serve hundreds of thousands of people in rural Burma (Myanmar).
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Victims needing medical assistance in Burma will receive treatment from trained medics at clinics powered by solar electricity. Previously, night surgeries had to be performed using flashlights. Green Empowerment has brought lighting and equipment to the clinics, and will perform maintenance and trainings in order to keep the clinics fully functional and able to serve as many people as possible.
Activities
We will provide small photovoltaic (PV) systems to clinics. We will provide training for the surgeons, medics, and repairmen to keep the systems operating, and to install and relocate the systems as required.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $390
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $13,910
Total Funding Goal: $14,300
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This project has provided additional documentation in a JPG file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Electrification means that there is lighting for medical procedures and power for medical devices. This results in better treatment for victims of the conflict along the Thai-Burma border and for patients affected by malaria and other illnesses.
Project Message
Our dream 10 years ago was to have some kind of lighting for these clinics. And when we did the first clinics last summer, I could only hope that we would be able to do some more.
- Eh Kalu, Director, Internally Displaced Karen People (IDKP)
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Michel Maupoux Maupoux
Program Manager
140 SW Yamhill St.
Portland, OR 97204
United States
+1-503-284-5774
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Green Empowerment
140 SW Yahmill Street
Portland,
Oregon
97204
United States
503-284-5774
http://www.greenempowerment.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
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Myanmar
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Myanmar, read the Human Development Report on Myanmar or the Wikipedia entry for Myanmar.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 23, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
World Energy Globe Awards!
By Michel Maupoux - Program Manager, June 11, 2009 10:23 PM
During a ceremony opening a meeting of the European Union Ministers of Environment, our Thai partner BGET received the Energy Globe Award in the 'Fire' category for the Burmese clinics program. Energy Globe Awards in Five categories were awarded among 800 submissions from 110 countries, after review by an international jury presided by Maneka Gandhi, former Environmental Minister of India. The Award comes with a 10,000 Euro prize (approx. $13,000 US)
This program also received the audience-selected World Award.
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