By Karin Reibel | Project Leader
We are very excited to report that you have made our fundraising efforts for the installation of solar power at the Rajbash Hospital in Nepal a roaring success. Your generosity will make power outages at the hospital a thing of the past. To illustrate how important this is you should know that not only have we been impacted by power outages caused by damaged infrastructure, but also by government directed electricity shutoffs of up to 10 hours in a 24 hour day. At those times only our gasoline driven generator made it possible to continue our operations - a very costly and noisy solution. We were worried about the impact on our patients who arrive at all hours of the day and night, as well as about the ability of our medical staff to deliver appropriate and effective medical care without a reliable power source.
Once the decision to go ahead with a solar installation was made, Mr. Guna Lama, our engineer, researched companies who would be able to provide us with an installation to fit our specific needs. From the bids we requested we have now selected the one that will serve us best in terms of pricing and - very importantly - reliable customer support in the future.
The installation is planned to be accomplished by the end of March, and we sincerely hope that we'll be able to show off pictures of the new solar panels with our next progress report for the Rajbash Hospital.
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