Ambassador Stories from the Field

Tyler’s Project Peru

Tyler's Project Peru

September 4, 2017 By: Tyler Su Woodland School ‘17 Bellarmine College Prep ’21 Over the summer, I was fortunate to go to Peru and deliver solar lamps to people in need. I traveled across Peru, doing homestays and seeing different ways of living within the country. Go back six months before the Peru trip, I [Read more…]


Lighting the Path

Lighting the Path

June 18, 2017 By: Pranav Sharma The mission of One Million Lights piqued my interest. As a global ambassador, I conducted a fundraiser on June 10, 2017 using my performing arts skills to raise funds for distributing 100 solar lamps. With the coordination of One Million Lights and SEWA, Mumbai, on June 18, I traveled to [Read more…]


Bringing Solar Lights to East Cameroon

Bringing Solar Lights to East Cameroon

August 2017 By: Tae-Hyung Kim The east region of Cameroon is perhaps its most underdeveloped, least industrialized and ignored part of the country. The geography of the east region is by and large forest with all kinds of trees of all kinds of size and would surely be described as a ‘jungle’. The majority of [Read more…]


Lighting up Panuran

Lighting up Panuran

August 2017 By: Mary Elizabeth Perez It’s been a few weeks since I visited Panuran, and it still amazes me that I was able to be a part of such an incredible experience. The morning of August 5, my family and I woke up early, ate our breakfasts, got dressed, and headed out on a [Read more…]


Las Brisas

Las Brisas

February 2017 By: Markie Cleavland-Yeakel The village of “Las Brisas” is a part of the “Pueblo Nuevo Viñas” municipality and lies about an hour’s trip to the southeast of Guatemala City.  Nineteen families , with about 65 residents, live in the village, including 19 school age children.  As with many rural communities in this area, [Read more…]


Arusha, Tanzania Distribution

Arusha, Tanzania Distribution

March 15, 2017 by: Ann Teberg These precious solar lights bring light to these families and a smile to their faces. Traveling with Education students from Whitworth University, we were able to deliver 250 lights to families helping them replace dangerous kerosene lamps and candles in their homes. We distributed Sunking PICO lights to families [Read more…]


Rishikesh Ashram Yoga Festival

Rishikesh Ashram Yoga Festival

2016, by: Kirpa Wirk Global Ambassador Kirpa Wirk visited the Rishikesh Ashram for the international yoga festival to distribute 60 solar lanterns to further progress the children’s educational center. The ashram is the largest in Rishikesh with over a 1,000 rooms. The daily activities at Parmarth Niketan include morning universal prayers, daily yoga and meditation classes, [Read more…]


Round 3: Students for Solar, Haiti

Round 3: Students for Solar, Haiti

July 30, 2016 by Jacob Seyle This trip marked the third round of One Million Lights projects in Haiti. Last year, we distributed lights to several villages in Northern Haiti, near the town of Terrier Rouge. The purpose of this trip was to target a more rural area of Haiti, the small island of La [Read more…]


Lights for the Ngoswani Clinic and Masai Villagers

Lights for the Ngoswani Clinic and Masai Villagers

8/15/2016 By: Jackie Ewing The project to bring solar lights to the Masai has been totally successful. I was scheduled to travel with my church on a mission trip. Unfortunately, an unexpected medical issue interfered, and I was unable to make the journey. My church friends stepped in and distributed the lights. This account is, [Read more…]


Project LINC: Agara, India 2016

Project LINC: Agara, India 2016

September 2016 Project Linc, a group of 5 students from the San Francisco area, travelled to Agara and Mamballi, India over the summer to distribute 197 solar lanterns to students and teachers.  This area has very inconsistent electricity and the majority of their families user kerosene or candles when the power is out. These solar [Read more…]



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Sierra‘s Reflections - Philippines
After a week-long distribution of 180 solar lights, Light Ambassador Sierra Fan reflects on her experience in the Philippines.

Distributing solar lights in rural India
The absolute joy in the face of a child who has just received his very own solar light… so that he can read at night… is 100% worth every penny.

Jessica‘s story - Olmoti Clinic, Tanzania
Ambassador Jessica Matthys: The solar lanterns will make a significant impact on these women‘s lives.