We currently have over 80 not-for-profit solar systems operating in Liberia, Africa, many of which are community clinics managed by the Ministry of Health. Our fleet also comprises multiple hospitals, orphanages, schools, missionary residences, and other facilities. These systems provide power in areas where the electrical grid does not exist, supplying hospitals with crucial off-grid electricity to operate laboratories and other vital operating areas of the hospitals: OR/ER/ICU/CCU/NICU facilities.

It all started in 2007 when Charles “Chip” Pickering traveled several times to Phebe Hospital in Bong County, Liberia with Engineering Ministries International to restore power to the facility and plan for a water system upgrade. Upon the completion of the project and installation of new generators, the Liberian Minister of Health, Dr. Gwenigale, and his assistant, Mr. William Martin, asked him to develop a solar program for lighting, power, and vaccination refrigeration for their remote clinics.

The clinics offer primary care, immunizations, vaccinations, emergency rooms and delivery of new babies in these extremely rural communities. Our systems provide power for live culture vaccinations and immunizations, lighting for the emergency and delivery services at night, and power for computers and communications at these sites. Staffed with a Physician’s Assistant and sometimes a midwife, these may be the only clinics for the communities that do not have serviceable roads or the availability of ambulance services.