Solar Lighting for Humanity & World Health

These organizations and companies are making the world a better place by providing solar powered lights to replace the kerosene lanterns that produce toxic fumes and are a fire hazard, and bringing solar lighting and solar cell phone chargers to areas devastated by natural disasters.

Unite to Light  - http://www.unitetolight.org

The first thing villagers asked for when they were contacted after the quake, was to help them "rebuild our school, supply us with tin to rebuild homes and bring solar lights." [1]

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We are all #ConnectedByTheSun
http://littlesun.com/

In 2012, artist Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen started the Little Sun project and since then, our global team has been working day by day, solar lamp by solar lamp, to bring the sustainable energy and the awesome power of the sun to everyone. Join our solar mission!

The Lumina Project - light.lbl.gov

The Lumina Project is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, providing industry, consumers, and policymakers with timely analysis and information on off-grid lighting solutions for the developing world. Activities combine laboratory and field-based investigations to help ensure the uptake of products and policies that maximize consumer acceptance and market impact. [2]

Lighting Global - http://www.lightingglobal.org

Lighting Global is the World Bank Group’s platform supporting sustainable growth of the international off-grid lighting market as a means of increasing energy access to people not connected to grid electricity.

Philips Lighting Foundation
www.lighting.philips.com/main/company/philips-lighting-foundation

Humanitarian Award 2018 Sapphire Award
The Philips Lighting Foundation has won the first Humanitarian Award at the Sapphire Awards Gala for its work in bringing safe solar lighting to underserved locations around the globe

Footnotes

1. Unite to light  http://www.unitetolight.org/
   
2. The Lumina Project  http://light.lbl.gov/opportunity.html
   

Photo Credits

• Nepal  http://handsinnepal.org/
• Little Sun Photo-Merklit-Mersha-©-2012-Little-Sun

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