Electricity is a commodity we cannot do without, it powers our gadgets and Ipods, it runs our hospitals, and it does our banking. We use it see in the dark and to warm ourselves on cold nights and to reserve and cook our food. For 21st the century family electricity is essential for survival.
Imagine a small village where people have no electricity and they live in bamboo huts, where there are no torches and firelight, and moonlight are how you see at night. How do you see at night. Imagine that you are a about to give birth, and there is no light in your house which can be used to deliver the Electricity is a commodity we cannot do without, it powers our gadgets and Ipods, it runs our hospitals, and it does our banking. We use it see in the dark and to warm ourselves on cold nights and to reserve and cook our food. For 21st the century family electricity is essential for survival.
Imagine a small village where people have no electricity and they live in bamboo huts, where there are no torches and firelight, and moonlight are how you see at night. How you see at night. Imagine that you are a about to give birth, and there is no light in your house which can be used to deliver the baby safely.
In villages in places like Papua New Guinea this is not an uncommon occurrence and because of the lack of light women and children die, because midwives if there are any in that village) cannot see what they are doing, cannot see if the mother is bleeding out, or check the vitals sign of the new born baby. Light is something that is needed in these kinds of situations.
We are aware of a product that will help to save the lives of mothers and children in these situations. It is called Solar Suitcase and it provides light in dark places through the use of a solar panel and battery powered lighting it van be carried in and charged by the power of the sun.
Solar suitcases are relatively new on the market and we think that they are a great innovation.
Blogger and commentator Adriel Booker has used her personal blog to raise funds for Solar Suitcases in light of Mother’s Day. These Solar Suitcases will be donated to YWAM Medical Ships for their work in PNG.
The Donna McDermid Memorial Fund would like to also like to launch an appeal to buy these solar suitcases and we will also donate them to our friends at YWAM Medical Ships. Our appeal will not end on Mother’s Day but will be an ongoing appeal so people who find out about it after Mother’s day can still participate.
Each Solar Suitcase costs about $1500, your tax deductible donation will help us to buy Solar Suitcases and thus help mothers in PNG have a safe more hygienic delivery.
Donations can be made through Australian Mercy’s secure site.Simply select Solar Suitcase from the target menu on the donation page.
Donations to this project are tax deductible in Australia, (US and Canadian donors requiring tax deductibility go .
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