Nicaragua
Climate Change (GG Green)Solar Autoclaves for Rural Nicaragua
Solar Autoclaves for Rural Nicaragua
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Instruments
Here are the usual instruments that Nicaraguan health clinics use and need to sterilize.
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Me and Nurse
Lori explains the first solar autoclave prototype to nurse Rosa Emilia Muñoz, in the local community. Sra. Muñoz provides valuable feedback on the design and utility.
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Broken Autoclave
Here, we were conducting interviews in a hospital, where we encountered many broken autoclaves. This is an example of "technology dumping," where technologies are simply brought to an area and left. Then, when they break, no one knows how to fix it, and extra parts are rarely available.
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House
Lori's home when she is living in Nicaragua.
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Stove
An example of a wood-burning stove. Such a stove produces tremendous indoor air pollution and uses a lot of valuable wood, leading many families to the adoption of solar box cooking.
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Working
Lori performing research on a solar box cooker, the foundation of the solar autoclave.
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Computer Classes
Salud del Sol provided computer classes to the community group.
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Sisters
Lori and her host-sisters, Heyling, Vanessa, and Alexandra
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Salud del Sol
The four co-founders, along with a solar autoclave.
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