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Thank you DLFNY for your annual support!
Sept. 30, 2024 Many thanks to DLFNY for your continued, annual support. We could not do our important work without generous sponsors like you. Please check out the all of the other important work they do here.
Light Reach Featured in Edison Report
June 29, 2024 Edison Report featured our talk at IALD Enlighten Europe and describes our three-tiered, replicable solar-lighting model. Click here for the full article. Thank you Randy for this excellent write up!
Nathalie Rozot received the Hunter Industries award!
Thank you Hunter Industries for recognizing our CEO Nathalie Rozot with the 2023 Ann Hunter-Welborn Circle of Excellence Award! We are very proud to be a part of her work in bringing lighting equality around the world using sustainable solutions.
2023 IALD Enlighten Americas
Are you registered for IALD Enlighten Americas 2023? Our Fundraising Ambassador Tina Aghassian and our Community Outreach Jenny Werbell will present Light Reach and our current and upcoming programs on Saturday November 4th. Come hear our latest news and find out how you can join our mission. See you in Banff! Register here.
Jesuit Gardens Tree Canopy Lighting
We completed the tree canopy lighting in the Jesuit Garden of Beirut, in partnership with Beit el Baraka who refurbished the park. This project is a great demonstration of how a few inexpensive, solar-powered floodlights can beautify and make usable a neglected public space.
LEDucation 2023 a great success
LEDucation 2023 was a great success! Thank you DLFNY for putting together such an impactful conference. Our own Nathalie Rozot and Jenny Werbell presented Light Reach, and were thrilled to have such an engaged audience who asked thoughtful questions. Thank you all for coming out! For those who expressed an interest in volunteering, please reach…
Mar Mikhael plaza project broke ground!
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…
Have you registered for LEDucation 2023?
Have you registered for LEDucation? Our own Jenny Werbell and Nathalie Rozot will present “Light Reach Network: a Solar Framework for Philanthropy in Lighting” on March 7th. Click here to register. We look forward to sharing our work and our ideas on how the lighting community can bring light to those in need.
Don’t miss 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
Laziza Garden is lit! Come visit!
Laziza Brewery in Beirut was a place of respite during the civil war, and neighbors have fond memories of enjoying an ice cold beer on its terrace. Most of what remained of the building was destroyed in the horrific Beirut blast, after which the community reclaimed the space and converted it into a garden. The…
WIL GLOBAL GATHERING
Have you gotten your ticket to WIL Global Gathering on March 8th? Our own Manal Kahale will present at 6:10am EST. Ring in International Women’s Day with us! If you act fast, you may still be able to get a free ticket here.
IESNY Features Light Reach
Thank you IESNY for your ongoing support, and for this great feature of Light Reach. Click here to read the full post.
Light Reach welcomes Maria Dautant to our team
Maria Dautant is an award-winning architectural lighting designer and multi-disciplinary artist with a global reach, having studied in her native Venezuela then in Australia, with a professional career spanning from Sydney to New York City and now Dubai. She is currently an Associate at HLB Lighting leading their Dubai office. As Fundraising Ambassador to Light Reach…
Light Reach to Keynote SPOT Pop-Up Lighting 2021!
Our founder and CEO Nathalie Rozot is thrilled to be the keynote speaker at SPOT Pop-Up Lighting 2021 by Expo Lighting America, where she will present Light Reach. Have you registered yet? This hybrid event (in person and virtual) will include workshops, master classes, demonstrations and product launches and allow you to connect with other…
How Light Reach is Fighting Light Poverty on a Global Scale
Thank you Jaclyn Tersigni and Azure Magazine for this great profile on Light Reach. Click here to read the article.
Temporary Art Platform, Beirut
Our collaboration with Temporary Art Platform that was up Aug. 27 – Sept.5 was a great illustration of the synthesis of creativity and sustainability for building resilience and community. We illuminated the Beirut RiverLESS Forest urban afforestation project to create a magical setting for 10 days of artistic installations, film screenings and live performances on…
Participlay Mobile Playground
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…
L’Orient le Jour spotlights Light for Lebanon
L’Orient le Jour interviewed our partners Manal Kahale and Elizabeth Bouloss about what inspired them to create Light for Lebanon and about our work re-illuminating Beirut with solar-powered lighting. Click the link here to learn more about our current activities and future plans for this program.
Streetlights are up!
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…
WIL Awards Announced Today: We Won!
We are thrilled to announce that our founder Nathalie Rozot, and our partner Manal Kahale, won the WIL Awards in the Initiative category for creating Light Reach and Light for Lebanon! 2020 was a tough year for so many people, but being able to help is the best motivator. Thank you to Women in Lighting…
1,500 solar lights in Beirut
Light Reach celebrates Earth Day with the first 1,500 solar lights for Light for Lebanon. We launched this program in response to the devastating port explosion that destroyed large swaths of Beirut in August 2020. Beirut’s already unreliable electricity supply was crippled by the blast. With the ongoing economic crisis, the state electricity company cannot…
arc features Light for Lebanon
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…
Light for Lebanon at LuxLive!
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…
Light for Lebanon on SWANA Region Radio
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…
Introducing our new program partner for Light for Lebanon
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…
Light Reach launches Light for Lebanon
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…
Women in Lighting Kicks Off T-shirt Competition!
Women in Lighting kicks off its T-shirt competition to broadcast our collective messages of Hope, Solidarity, Empowerment, Light and Equality. All profits will benefit Light Reach — we are so thrilled by, and grateful for, WIL’s and all entrants’ creative support for our mission to advance global lighting equality! Today the voices of Women in…