Charged to help electrical need

Denise Maxwell hopes to install a solar electric system in Monrovia, Liberia, like this one used by the Luke Society’s ministry in Madaoua, Niger.

Two civil wars followed the assassination of Liberia’s president in 1980. This small Western African country was left with more than 90 percent of its health care facilities destroyed, and only one doctor for every 100,000 citizens, according to the World Health Organization. This tragedy was closely followed by the Ebola epidemic which lasted until 2015.

It is in this challenging context that nurses like Luke Society ministry director Denise Maxwell stepped up to help ailing patients. Denise has been faithfully overseeing a growing clinic in the capital city of Monrovia since 2007. Her clinic ministers to around 1,000 patients per month, most of whom come from the slums across the river from the clinic.

Denise’s clinic would greatly benefit from installing a solar panel electrical system.

The clinic’s electricity is run by a generator because the city’s electrical grid remains in disrepair from the civil wars. The fluctuating cost of fuel and the continued maintenance cost of running the generator is a major burden for this clinic that monitors its funds very closely. The unreliable generator also impacts the safety of patients, especially those who are undergoing a medical procedure or having a baby.

We are asking for your help to fund this $25,000 project. A solar panel system would allow Denise’s clinic to have consistent electricity at a greatly reduced maintenance cost as it takes advantage of Liberia’s abundant sunshine.

If you would like to contribute to this project, you may mail a check or other monitory donation into our office, or give online through our donation page.