Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL
3:50 pm
Mr. Simon Woodworth:
The doctor in question was begging for solar power. Solar Without Frontiers has done fantastic work in southern Malawi. When I was there, it commissioned a solar panel set for a hospital where two children had died the previous week because they were unable to maintain an oxygen supply during a power cut. As soon as the solar panels were installed, there were no more such deaths. There is a fantastic YouTube video of all of the staff celebrating. The point is well made. It is part of our strategy to build a permanent research centre and also part of the Supporting Life project. We will look to integrate everything as we move ahead.
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