April 20, 2009
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to represent Salud del Sol at International Development Night at MIT Museum (ID Night), a precursor to the International Development Conference held at Harvard Kennedy School. ID Night was an opportunity for different organizations from the MIT and Harvard community to showcase their projects of International Development, Salud del Sol was partnered with Innovations in International Health. Conference participants, students and community members stopped by our poster to learn about the solar autoclave research, business model of Salud del Sol and Las Mujeres Solares, and to offer their insight. It was energizing to hear the interest of others, and also to bring their suggestions back to the Salud del Sol team for further thought.
I also had a chance to talk with a few of the other organizations at the event, including Amy Quin, from One Earth Designs, an innovative organization focused on developing culturally appropriate sources of alternative energy. At the International Development night, Amy was presenting a parabolic cooker being developed for villages in western China.
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