{"id":624,"date":"2013-03-12T15:36:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T22:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/thisisus\/?p=624"},"modified":"2013-03-12T15:36:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T22:36:19","slug":"local-doctors-solar-suitcase-saves-lives-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/2013\/03\/12\/local-doctors-solar-suitcase-saves-lives-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Doctor&#8217;s &#8220;Solar Suitcase&#8221; Saves Lives Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This is Us: Laura Stachel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3h_Quso1QyM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Dr. Laura Stachel went to Nigeria to find out why so many women were dying there during childbirth.  She was flabbergasted to discover that in many areas, women were giving birth without electricity \u2013 sometimes in near total darkness.  Doctors and midwives often helped delivered babies with only a cell phone or lantern for light.  With her husband, a solar expert, she devised a way to bring light to clinics in Nigeria and other Third World countries.  They did this by creating a solar kit that could fit inside a suitcase.  It was small enough to sneak past customs and big enough to power 2 bright lights, as well as medical equipment.  The solar suitcase has had instant and powerful results in clinics around the world.  Stachel\u2019s organization, WE CARE Solar, has distributed solar suitcases to 20 different countries, including Haiti, Afghanistan and Liberia.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008, Dr. Laura Stachel went to Nigeria to find out why so many women were dying there during childbirth. 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