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Stay Empowered: How to Bring One Million Lights to the World

March 12, 2015 Original article here 3 facts about Anna Sidana Founder of ‘One Million Lights’, non-commercial organization that distributed more than 60 thousand solar lights and helped more than 400 thousand of people without electricity to get the light to their homes Artist Strategic Marketing Consultant Empowered By Light I think it’s possible for [Read more…]


747 Jets to West Africa as Ebola Response Pivots Toward Recovery

February 4, 2015 Original article here Direct Relief Delivers 83 Health Facility Supply Modules, Prescription Medicines to Help Revitalize Ebola-Affected Health Facilities SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 4, 2015 – A Direct Relief-chartered Boeing 747 departed Los Angeles International Airport today carrying more than $7 million in prescription medicines as well as supply modules to sufficiently [Read more…]


How to Connect With Others

How to Connect With Others

By Anna Sidana Founder, One Million Lights November 12, 2014 Original article here It is unusual for me to take the time to enjoy a cup of coffee without having my cell phone handy or my computer open. But today, after completing a project and waiting for the next one to come along — yes, [Read more…]


One Million Lights Receives 2014 Best of Palo Alto Award

November 25, 2014 Palo Alto Award Program Honors the Achievement PALO ALTO November 25, 2014 — One Million Lights has been selected for the 2014 Best of Palo Alto Award in the Non-Profit Organizations category by the Palo Alto Award Program. Each year, the Palo Alto Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved [Read more…]


One Million Lights for brighter futures

July 24, 2014 Original article here A collaborative effort between a corporate & an NGO to provide solar lighting services to the rural poor. With 1.45-million people, representing 11% of South African households, living without electricity and a further 3.6% of households accessing electricity informally*, light is a scarce commodity for many, often disrupting daily [Read more…]


7000 Solar Lights Distributed to Rural Communities

August 22, 2014 Original article here Communities without electricity in Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal received 7000 rechargeable solar lights from One Million Lights, a United States non-profit organisation, over the past month. The organisation which provides clean healthy lighting to poor rural villages across the world, has been visiting South Africa for the first time [Read more…]


One Million Lights Joins Zulufadder Children’s Trust to Distribute Lights to Schools Without Electricity

August 18, 2014 Original article here Learners’ faces from schools in KwaZulu-Natal lit up with excitement when they received safe, rechargeable solar lights from One Million Lights in partnership with Energizer® South Africa during August to set their futures alight. One Million Lights, a six-year-old USA-based non-profit, distributed lights to schools and surrounding communities without [Read more…]


What Can a Single Flashlight Do

What Can a Single Flashlight Do

By Anna Sidana Founder, One Million Lights July 29, 2014 Original article here When a child is born, leaving the warm comfort of its mother’s womb and bursting into the world with a cry, there is hope. Hope for the mother that her child will be amazing, will achieve greatness and be a compassionate human [Read more…]


Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal Communities Receive Safe Rechargeable Solar Lights from One Million Lights

August 15, 2014 Original article here Communities without electricity in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal received 7,000 safe rechargeable solar lights from One Million Lights, in partnership with Energizer® over the past month to set their futures alight. One Million Lights, a six-year-old USA-based, non-profit organisation, visited South Africa for the first time to improve the lives [Read more…]


Energizer SA partners with One Million Lights to improve lives in poor communities

July 22, 2014 Original article here Energizer® South Africa and USA registered non-profit, One Million Lights are teaming up to improve the daily lives of children and adults in poor rural villages around the world, by providing clean and healthy lighting. As the makers of the world’s longest lasting battery, Energizer® South Africa is committed [Read more…]