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YouTube flagged our @cleaninguppod.bsky.social documentary on #ProjectBo as political advertising. 😬
Using #solar power to help save babies' lives is NOT political! 🌞
We've re-edited, now we REALLY need your likes, comments, RTs and shares to get the word out! 🙏
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Thanks Richard. Love to hear your thoughts on #ProjectBo!
A screenshot of the #Victron remote monitoring of the solar/battery system at Bo Government Hospital - showing how the state-of-charge line dropping as the batteries kept the babies alive over the night of 14-15 April during a long power cut.
This is a screenshot from the remote monitoring of the #ProjectBo PV system at the Government Hospital neonatal unit in Bo, Sierra Leone. See that blue line? That's the batteries. Overnight 14-15th April, a long power cut. Only the minigrid kept the oxygen, heat & lights on!
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This week's episode of @cleaninguppod.bsky.social is about #ProjectBo.
How a solar and battery system is providing reliable power to a neonatal unit and helping to save hundreds of lives per year.
>>> Please watch, like and share! <<<
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Going live in 5 minutes (6pm UK, 7pm European, 1pm EST, 10am Pacific). How solar power is saving babies' lives in Sierra Leone - the story of #ProjectBo on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social. An episode 7 years in the making - dedicated to the medical staff at the Bo baby unit.
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Hey @NICU_doc_salone, @VanLeeuwenR, #ProjectBo gets a good shout-out on the most recent episode of @MLCleaningUp with climbing superstar @AlexHonnold! www.cleaningup.live/ep83-alex-honnold-free-s...
My latest: "#ProjectBo, Saving Lives in Sierra Leone with Solar, Batteries and @Twitter". Includes 5 lessons learned for anyone attempting a similar project, and 5 for the climate/energy-access community. Many thanks to @unfoundation for publishing...
A Message From Bo, by @NICU_doc_salone. On the eve of @PoweringHC in #Nairobi, read how the #ProjectBo solar/battery system at Bo Government Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit is saving babies' lives....
Don't miss @NICU_doc_salone's presentation at this week's @PoweringHC conference in #Nairobi. Hear about how #ProjectBo is saving newborns' lives in Bo, Sierra Leone.
http://poweringhc.org/
In 2018 a bunch of us built #ProjectBo, a solar/battery microgrid to power the neonatal intensive care unit @NICU_doc_salone set up in Bo, #SierraLeone. It's saving babies' lives - to learn more, listen to @chrisnelder's fantastic @TransitionShow podcast!...
Thanks @James_BG for covering #ProjectBo and for your support! www.businessgreen.com/bg/blog-post/3064147/10-...
Quick update on #ProjectBo: batteries arrived in #SierraLeone in August, spent a few weeks clearing customs. That's done, here they are in their new home. Works being completed, hoping for commissioning next week. Neonatal hero doc @NICU_doc_salone to visit in Oct & train nurses!
Fundraising for #ProjectBo is in the final straight - just £1,783 to go to hit the £100,000 target. You've been amazing! Work has commenced, batteries arrive late July, let's get this done! mailchi.mp/eac92e84f366/projectbo-f...
Update on #ProjectBo. We have raised £92,625 of the £100,000 target, from 378 wonderful donors.
Ward wiring is complete. Civil works ongoing. Solar panels stored off-site. Batteries and balance of system should arrive late July.
Last push, £7,325 to go!
http://www.projectbo.org
I promise not to fill your timeline with pictures of building materials in #Africa, but this pile of aggregate had me tearing up: #ProjectBo has broken ground!
Now we really can say we are building a solar/battery system so babies don't die of power cuts. http://www.projectbo.org
We are into the final straight for #ProjectBo, with £82k of the £100k target now raised!
Batteries are on order, #solar panels in Freetown, construction has begun! Please help us raise the remaining money asap.
No baby should die because of a power cut:
https://www.projectbo.org/
If anyone at the #SEforALLforum
or watching on the Interweb wants to learn more about #ProjectBo - the solar/battery system we are building to save the lives of vulnerable babies in #SierraLeone - OR TO MAKE A DONATION! - you can do so here:
https://www.projectbo.org/
Watch @zshahan3's interview with me about #ProjectBo, filmed in a @Tesla during #ADSW. Then PLEASE rock over to http://www.projectbo.org and give generously, you lovely people!
HT @NICU_doc_salone, @ZFEP, @SEforALLorg & @Nickishields (voice off-camera!)
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Thanks to everyone who has donated to #ProjectBo, and to those who attended our fundraiser with @IshmaelBeah.
We are at £60,395 towards the £100,000 target. Come on Tweeps, let's get this thing over the line.
No baby should die because of a power cut!
https://www.projectbo.org
Today's the day for our #ProjectBo fundraiser with @IshmaelBeah!
If you're in West London tonight, join us 6pm - 8pm, Kensington Place Restaurant. Don't forget your cheque-book for this great cause!
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Please join us this Sunday evening (25th March) at our fundraiser with @IshmaelBeah for #ProjectBo. Places still available.
Reliable solar/battery power for Bo Government Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. So babies don't die during power cuts!
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Are you in #London this Sunday? Do you love literature? Come and listen to @IshmaelBeah read from his books, Long Way Gone and Radiance of Tomorrow.
Donations to #ProjectBo. In 2018 no baby should die because of a power cut. Be as generous as you...
This Sunday evening, 25th March, I'll be hosting a book-reading by @IshmaelBeah in Notting Hill. We'll be raising funds for #ProjectBo.
You could not imagine a more urgent cause. Space is limited, so please book your ticket. See you Sunday!...
To everyone who has donated to #ProjectBo so far: thanks! We are half way to the £100,000 target.
To everyone else: in 2018 no baby should die because of a power cut. But in Sierra Leone they do, and you can help stop it.
https://www.projectbo.org/
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You absolute star! @willr_s is running a 50km ultra-marathon in #Australia's Blue Mountains for #ProjectBo. Because in 2018 sick babies should not be dying just because of a power cut. https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/wraywardsmith
Morning all, just to let you know, #ProjectBo received a generous pledge of £5,000 yesterday from a contact of @VanLeeuwenR👍. This brought our total at COB yesterday to £39,963 from 66 supporters (40% of goal). Keep up the good work, let's get this done! http://www.projectbo.org
"You are not just delivering a clean energy project; this is the best way to provide reliable power to this [neonatal intensive care] unit." Clean energy tweeps, please support #ProjectBo - let's get this done!...
After two months work by a great team of volunteers, we are launching the fundraising for #ProjectBo. £100,000 buys a reliable solar/battery power supply, so no more babies die at Bo Government Hospital neonatal unit because of a blackout. Please support!...
