Courtesy of Good Store and Partners in Health Sierra Leone
John and Hank Green donated $50m to open the first-ever NICU in Sierra Leone — the hospital’s first baby was just born
In 2019, John and Hank Green set out to raise money to build the first maternal health hospital in Sierra Leone, a country whose maternal mortality rate consistently ranks among the highest in the world.
Through massive annual fundraisers, an online shop filled with products that give back, and personal donations, they contributed $50 million to the project. And the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence just opened its doors on Valentine’s Day.
And not only that, the first baby — a girl — was born at the hospital.
Why is this good news? In 2020, 1 in 52 women in Sierra Leone died during pregnancy or childbirth — in the U.S., it was 1 in 3,800, and in the U.K., 1 in 5,200. This historic milestone will bring critical care and be lifesaving for people in Sierra Leone who previously lacked the infrastructure to get the care they needed.
In January, only seven new petrol-powered cars were sold in Norway
A report from the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council found that only seven petrol, 29 hybrid, and 98 diesel cars were registered during the month of January, while more than 2,000 battery electric vehicles were sold.
Globally, Norway has emerged as a frontrunner in the uptake of electric vehicles.
The council’s director said that trend is happening in the used car market, too, making “the electric car a more accessible alternative for far more buyers than before.”
“Electrification is now clearly taking hold in the used car market as well,” said the council’s director. “This makes the electric car a more accessible alternative for far more buyers than before.”
“I’d love to present us as the heroes of this story, but the truth is, the folks in Sierra Leone who actually built the hospital, who actually provide the care, who do the training for the nurses and midwives and traditional birth attendants, those are the people who really made this possible.”
John Green, on the opening of the Paul E. Farmer Maternal Center for Excellence
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