Maasser el Shouf lighting wins BEACON AWARD!

ByPhoScope 2025-10-302025-11-06

Oct. 30, 2025

Light Reach received a Beacon Award – Special Citation, Social and Ecological Sustainability for our latest solar-powered lighting design project in Maasser El Shouf, Lebanon. We are humbled and honored by this recognition: congratulations to Manal Kahale for leading our program Light for Lebanon and to our team of volunteers.

Our work would not be possible without our donors and sponsors, and we hope that many more in the lighting community will be inspired to support us and work with us– together we can bring light to communities that live in the dark.

Light is a right
Lives in the dark matter
Light is about life after dark

Press

arc features Light for Lebanon

ByMiina Matsuoka 2021-02-162024-05-02

The February 2021 issue of arc features Light for Lebanon in an interview with our partner Manal Kahale. She reveals her path to lighting design that took her from her hometown Beirut to NYC, Dubai and Los Angeles, where she met her mentors and honed her skills. She returned to Beirut to give back to…

Program

Light Reach launches Light for Lebanon

ByMiina Matsuoka 2020-08-282024-05-02

Three weeks ago on August 4, 2020, the largest non-nuclear explosion in history tore through Beirut, destroying homes, businesses and entire neighborhoods in this beautiful metropolis that was once called the Paris of the Middle East. The blast killed over 180 people, injured 6,000 and left 300,000 homeless. An already shaky power grid sustained significant…

Events | Program

Light for Lebanon at LuxLive!

ByPhoScope 2020-11-052024-04-26

Our very own Manal Kahale will introduce our program Light for Lebanon and talk about what inspired her to become a lighting activist in her hometown Beirut. LuxLive Digital Festival by Women in Lighting will take place on November 12th from 2pm – 4pm GMT (9am – 11am EST). Register here for what promises to…

Program | Project

Streetlights are up!

ByMiina Matsuoka 2021-07-262024-05-02

We installed the first streetlights for our Light for Lebanon program in Beirut, on Salah Labaki road from Akkawi road to the orthodox hospital. This project was a collaboration with Live Love Beirut, an NGO doing much great work in rebuilding the capital. Firefighters also helped us to remove the old, broken lights and replace…

Project

Participlay Mobile Playground

ByMiina Matsuoka 2021-08-132024-11-17

We illuminated the Participlay mobile playground in the Bourj Hammoud area of Beirut. This project was conceived and constructed by Nusaned, an NGO doing great work reconstructing Beirut, and Reality Studio. Just one parking spot was needed to construct this creative safe space for children. Lebanon faces multiple ongoing crises and challenges, but we must…

Program | Project

Mar Mikhael plaza project broke ground!

ByMiina Matsuoka 2023-03-272024-05-02

We are thrilled to announce that Mar Mikhael Plaza project broke ground and is set to open in June. We are working with Beirut Urban Lab, an interdisciplinary research space focused on urbanization and based in the American University of Beirut. Click here for the full article from l’Orient le Jour. The project as a…