Solar Suitcases Powering Safer Births Worldwide

We Care Solar designs compact, plug-and-play solar electric systems — the Solar Suitcase — that bring lighting, phone charging, fetal monitors, and medical-device power to maternity wards without reliable grid electricity. Through its Light Every Birth initiative, the organization has equipped more than 10,000 health facilities across 49 countries. An independent multi-year trial across 100 Ugandan health facilities found the intervention linked to an 80% increase in night-time deliveries and steep drops in maternal and perinatal deaths. We Care Solar also trains local health workers and technicians to keep the systems running long after installation.