Solar Medicus: Renewable energies for improving living conditions People in need in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India

In rural areas of India, public energy supplies are inadequate or non-existent. It is often too expensive to lay power lines to villages that are scattered far apart. Solar-powered health stations ensure that light and electricity are available when needed, for example for outpatient medical procedures, night-time births, or the treatment of snake bites. They enable the storage of medicines, the transport of vaccines, and the use of medical equipment. They power a 50-liter refrigerator, an operating table, an operating lamp, computers, and cell phone chargers. It costs around 15,000 euros to set up a solar power system in an Indian village.

The Solar Medicus project is the result of an initiative by the Hanseatic India Forum e.V., the Solarforum Schleswig-Holstein e.V., and the Indian organization Sabuj Sangha. On September 11, 2013, the three SolarMedicus units were shipped from the warehouse of the manufacturing company S.E.T. GmbH Wedel to Kolkata. On November 21, 2013, the shipment was received at Swarnalata Sabuj Seva Sadan (local health and training center, Nandakumarpur).

We gratefully received financial support for the project from: Hamburg Foundation Asia Bridge: 7.000,00 € Environmental Lottery BINGO! (to our project partner Solar Forum SH e.V.): 15.000,00 € Daimler ProCent Förderfonds: 22.000,00 € Various private donors: 2.300,00 €

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