Haiti

For more information, we have provided access to our PowerPoint presentations of the training held in Haiti:

Please visit USAID Energy Team for more information.

Project Summaries:

Date:

May 2010

April 2010

January 2010

Aug - Sept 2009

April - May 2009

November 2008

May 2008

October 2007

August 2007

Type:

Assessment

Assessment/Implementation

Training/Implementation

Assessment

Training/Implementation

Consultation

Partners:

USAID, PA Consulting

USAID, SEI, PA Consulting

USAID, SELF, PIH, and

PA Consulting

USAID and PA Consulting

SELF

USAID and PA Consulting

USAID Energy Team

Summary:

-Continuing assessments of clinics/hospitals

-40 LED systems installed in homes & orphanage

-2 wk hands-on training, including installation of a

complete 10KWp solar hybrid system for hospital

in Boucancarre

-Implementation at remote clinics

-Assessment of remote PIH health clinics

-HUEH Hospital implementation in Port au Prince

-Training in real-world installations of Inverter/Battery systems, including a hands-on installation of systems at two clinics in Southern Haiti

-Assessment of the Partners in Health (PIH) facilities in the Central Plateau area to assist in their eventual implementation of solar/diesel hybrid systems to improve the delivery of health care in their remote sites.

Our continued work in Haiti is dedicated to our CEO, Walt Ratterman, and his Haitian colleague, Herbert Kanzki, both tragic victims of the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010. Rest in peace, dear ones.

Our involvement in Haiti began in 2007, when we participated in some energy assessments of health care energy systems country wide, with USAID. This initial assessment resulted in several training sessions and installations at 7 health care facilities in northern Haiti to date. Another 7 or 8 facilities are now in the planning stages.

This USAID program has been expanded, and in August 2009, SunEPI began working with PA Consulting group to implement a multi-country, multi-year program aimed at improving energy services for health care. The first target country is Haiti where we will greatly expand our activities both in training and project implementations. Project Engineers Christopher Freitas and Carol Weis are continuing the work that Walt Ratterman started.

Additionally, SunEPI has been continuing its relationship with Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) and Partners in Health (PIH) in Haiti. In September (2009) SunEPI led a partnership that included support from manufacturers and donor agencies where SunEPI and SELF worked together to provide the first solar powered hospital system for PIH in Haiti, at Boucancarre.

Please visit our Powering Health/Resources page for more information on the expanding Partnership program for Haiti.