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Need Additional Grants to Scale Solar Project to Improve Maternal Health Behavior and Outcomes

For Goal: Develop pertinent documents for submission to funders. (milestone: Obtain Funding for Larger Pilot Phase (12 units))

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Mon, 10/17/2011 - 23:21

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Never

About the Need:

After successful piloting phase 1 of the project in summer 2010--in which we saw more than 100% increases in the incidence of health center delivery and prenatal care attendance following the installation of a solar unit--we are currently in process of implementing a larger pilot with 12 solar units in December 2011--June 2012. We have received many requests to expand our model and would like to scale the intervention up to 100 health facilities in Uganda over the next three years; we are also open to the idea of expanding past Uganda if sufficient funding is provided. To accomplish our goal of Ugandan expansion, we need approximately $300,000. We plan to scale up in phases, and would gratefully accept any amount of financial investment.