On
the Burma side of the border there is a system of Karen medical clinics
that treats victims of the region’s 20-year civil war. Twenty
eight of these clinics now have electricity for the first time thanks
to
solar electric systems provided by BGET. Through the Burma Clinic
Trainings Program BGET also provides trainings on system operation and
maintainance for medics and their staff. The trained medics carry solar
power equipment back from the training to their remote clinics deep
within Burma. Each clinic serves 3,000-5,000 people. The electricity is
used for light for nighttime medical procedures, for computers (which
they use to search CD-ROMs of medical information), battery chargers
and small medical devices.
