April 26, 2015 One Million Lights and Gham Power are working together, putting solar microgrids in Nepal. These projects have been in the works for many months with an install estimate of early June. With the devastating earthquake that hit on April 25, Gham Power and its partners are doing everything they can to get [Read more…]
By: Sierra Fan, February 2015 This January, I took on the ambitious project of distributing 7000 solar lights in West Java, Indonesia with a team from OML and Energizer Indonesia. After 5 years with OML, and 2 years in Indonesia, I was familiar with the type of communities and distributions. However, this project gave me [Read more…]
In July and August 2014, One Million Lights and Energizer distributed 7,000 solar lights to children in the communities of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. This project was our largest distribution to date and was the first one in South Africa for One Million Lights. Meg’s Story: Meg says, “To sum up the three and [Read more…]
A reflection on South Africa, by: Megan Aubrey-Hughes [Read more…]
Original Press Release CHICAGO, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — From Peru to the Philippines, Mexico to Montreal, Spain to South Africa, more than 220,000 runners have laced up their running shoes to help make a positive impact through the Energizer Night Race for a Brighter World. The power and light company is picking up the pace [Read more…]
Personal Stories from Indonesia: Photo: Sierra Fan Reflections on Indonesia 2015 In January 2015, Sierra Fan, a One Million Lights volunteer, traveled with One Million Lights and Energizer Indonesia to distribute 7,000 Energizer solar lights in West Java, Indonesia: This January, I took on the ambitious project of distributing 7000 solar lights in West [Read more…]
Indonesia, August 2013 Sekai’s story, by Sierra Fan “What are you drawing?” I ask the little girl sitting next to me, using the bamboo porch as a makeshift table. The OML and Energizer teams sit around in the brisk and humid Indonesian air with a few local families. It is only around 7:30pm, but the [Read more…]
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Iluminating Indonesia
Original article here In August of 2013, Nikki Freyermuth, a One Million Lights volunteer, traveled with One Million Lights, Energizer and Wahli to distribute 1,200 Energizer solar lanterns to 6 villages outside of Bekasi in Indonesia. Below is her story. I step out of the car into a blanket of heat. I am wearing a [Read more…]
August 2013 – One Million Students is a program of One Million Lights promoting solar energy education to schoolchildren from grade K-12. We are currently fundraising to support the operating costs of this program. Key Features of the Program: The program aims to reach over a thousand schools in the next few years. The program [Read more…]