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Don’t miss IES 2022 conference

By //  by PhoScope

June 20, 2022

web poster for IES 2022 conference

We are thrilled to announce that our CEO Nathalie Rozot will be the keynote speaker at this year’s IES Annual Conference in New Orleans! Her session is set for Saturday August 20th. Get your tickets here

Filed Under: Event

IESNY Features Light Reach

By //  by PhoScope

Feb 1, 2022

Thank you IESNY for your ongoing support, and for this great feature of Light Reach. Click here to read the full post.

Filed Under: Press

How Light Reach is Fighting Light Poverty on a Global Scale

By //  by PhoScope

October 28, 2021

Thank you Jaclyn Tersigni and Azure Magazine for this great profile on Light Reach. Click here to read the article.

Filed Under: Press

Light from the Middle East

By //  by PhoScope

September 16, 2021

Poster for Light from the Middle East, a live, online fundraising event that was held on September 16th, 2021.

Our live, online fundraising event Light from the Middle East was a huge success! Thanks to our generous sponsors, donors and ticket-buyers we raised $23,000 for our program Light for Lebanon, to bring solar-powered lighting to Beirut.

We thank our generous sponsors from the Middle East: our Shining Sponsor Huda Lighting who got the ball rolling on our event, our Silver Sponsors Debbas Group and Traxon, our Bronze Sponsors Lutron and Nulty, and our donors Studio Mark and LuxBuro. We cannot do this important work without your generous support.

Thank you to the amazingly talented Mayssa Karaa for joining us and for sharing your special song for Lebanon — we all had goosebumps! Click here for the music video to Ta’aa and be inspired.

Filed Under: Event, Funding, Program

LEAD WITH LIGHT

By //  by PhoScope

September 2, 2021

WILD panel poster with headshots of panelists

Is light a basic human right? Do you want to learn about social engagement through lighting? Do you want to help communities facing darkness? Women in Lighting and Design hosted this stellar panel on September 9th, but if you missed it, you can still purchase a ticket here to access the recording. Our panelists spoke about their important work in this arena: Francesca Bastianini on Gowanus Lighting Project, Leela Shanker on “Open“, Nathalie Rozot on Light Reach and Manal Kahale on Light for Lebanon. The panel was moderated by the inimitable Sam Koerbel of Lytei. All ticket proceeds benefit Light for Lebanon — help us re-illuminate Beirut!

Filed Under: Event, Funding, Program

Light for Lebanon Phase 1 is Fully Funded!

By //  by PhoScope

August 21, 2021

We are thrilled to announce that thanks to our generous supporters, Phase 1 is fully funded! With our first 3,700 solar lights, we will soon have served around 1,600 families, 300 buildings, 10 streets, 1 park and 1 mobile playground.

We are officially kicking off Phase 2 by raising an additional $150,000 to purchase and distribute an additional 4,500 solar portables, 450 solar flood lights and 45 solar streetlights.

We thank our generous sponsors:

We also thank our many individual supporters. None of this important work is possible without your generous support! There is a lot more work to be done. The current fuel crisis, compounding the existing economic and political crises, means fuel is completely unaffordable to many (if they can even find any). Through covid lockdowns and protests we are distributing and installing solar-powered lighting to give residents back their lives after sunset. Help us make sure that no one is left in the dark!

Filed Under: Funding, Program

Light Reach welcomes Jenny Werbell to the team

By //  by PhoScope

Headshot of Jenny Werbell

April 30, 2021

Jenny Werbell, Community Outreach Coordinator, is a New York-based independent senior architectural lighting designer and a lighting educator.

As Community Outreach Coordinator, Jenny brings her extensive experience in marketing and communications, public programming coordination, fundraising event organization and committee work to spearhead Light Reach’s outreach efforts and fundraising events.

She holds a BA in Anthropology from Haverford College and a Masters in Fine Arts in Interior and Lighting Design from Parsons.

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#GivingTuesday is a week from today.

By //  by PhoScope

November 24, 2020

Give Light on Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a week from today. This year, choose to Give Light.

Three months after the explosion in the port of Beirut, 250,000 people are still in the dark. Light for Lebanon provides solar-powered lights to help communities get back on their feet. We are donating portables for indoor and outdoor use, and installing flood-lights and street-lights so residents can safely walk, work, and play after sunset. Please donate and help us reach our goal of $100,000 and provide 3,000 lights for the residents of Beirut!

Filed Under: Funding, Program

Light for Lebanon on SWANA Region Radio

By //  by PhoScope

Sept. 20, 2020

SWANA Region Radio features Light for Lebanon in an interview with our partner Manal Kahale and our legal consultant Elizabeth Boulos. Click here to hear them explain the damages from the August 4, 2020 blast, the current situation on the ground, and how Light for Lebanon is aiding residents by providing them with much needed solar-powered lighting.

Filed Under: Press, Program

Introducing our new program partner for Light for Lebanon

By //  by PhoScope

Sept. 3, 2020

  • portrait of Manal

We are very pleased to introduce Manal Kahale as our partner for our newest program Light for Lebanon.

Raised in Lebanon, Manal studied Landscape Architecture at the American University of Beirut and holds a master’s degree in Lighting Design from Parsons in NYC. She worked in the USA for four years before returning to Lebanon to try and bridge both worlds through lighting. However, her return to her home country was more difficult than anticipated with the unfolding economic crisis as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, and finally on the 4th of August 2020, the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever recorded. This catastrophe unlocked feelings of communal support triggered by the complete absence of any relief efforts on the part of the Lebanese government. As a result, Manal decided to use her knowledge and experience to partake in relief efforts both as an active citizen and a lighting designer.

We are thrilled by this partnership and by the opportunity to quickly and sustainably re-illuminate Beirut.

Filed Under: Program, Project, Team Tagged With: Light for Lebanon

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Light Reach is an initiative developed and operated by PhoScope, a think tank on light and a registered 501c3 not-for-profit organization.

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