By Kristine Pearson | CEO, Lifeline Energy
As a traditional birth attendant, or midwife, Nogota is on 24-hour duty. Accessing pregnant women became easier after receiving her first cell phone - her husband's hand-me-down Nokia -, however, as she lives in a deep rural area of the Great Rift Valley, Nogota struggles to keep her phone charged. The charging station is miles away at a trading post. In addition, she relies on kerosene tin lamps called a 'koroboi' for birthing. Her life changed after receiving Lifeline Energy’s Solarstor - a portable solar panel with an LED light.
At a recent distribution whereby Maasai women received Solarstor and Lifelights, Nogota said that she will charge her phone from home and she can use the light to aid in birthing. She'll save money on kerosene for her children's studies as well.
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