The Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM) is an international medical aid organization that was set up in 2012 to provide medical care for the Syrian crisis, and currently has 2,000 people working in the country. Parts of Syria that the government doesn’t control relied entirely on diesel generators to keep their hospitals running. Al Do, who migrated from Syria and is of Palestinian descent, started working in 2013 to make the hospitals entirely run on solar energy. He worked nights and evenings on the project alongside his day job in the solar energy industry. Work is still underway to convert another five hospitals in the region to work solely under solar power, and Al Do says the model can be applicable in other regions.

Source: GNN Liberia December 17, 2017 22:07 UTC