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Hurricane Relief in Acapulco

The aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico, has resulted in a significant human toll, with nearly 100 people dead or missing. The Category 5 storm struck Acapulco with powerful winds, causing extensive damage, including flooding, roof destruction, submerged vehicles, and severed communications and transportation links. Solight will donate "Give a Light" lanterns to families impacted by the Hurricane.

Maui Disaster Response

The confirmed death toll from the fires has risen to 96 and is expected to increase further. This makes the Maui wildfire the deadliest in modern U.S. history, surpassing the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which claimed 85 lives (NBC News). Wildfires that ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed scores of people and forced thousands to evacuate. Little is left in the historic town of Lahaina, which was once Hawaii's capital. The exact cause of the blaze is still unknown, but a mix of land and atmospheric conditions created "fire weather." At Solight, our hearts go out to the communities on Maui that have been affected by the devastating fires.

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria

We are heartbroken with the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Turkey is reeling as the death toll continues to climb after Monday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake, with more than 11,000 people already reported dead and 50,000 injured across the two countries. According to the World Health Organization, 23 million people are displaced by the disaster. The power grid is decimated and we will be donating our solar lights to the homeless families living in the dark. We will be on the ground with our Non-profit partners in Adana and as always will be sharing video and photos of the delivery.

Ukraine Children's Hospital in Lviv and Kyiv.

In the small town of Lviv, Ukraine there has been a migration of refugees fleeing from the frontline regions of war. Air raids and drones with bombs are a common occurrence but Lviv for the most part has had minimal bombings and have suffered mostly infrastructure damage. The Russians have bombed all power stations and the residents and refugees have been experiencing frequent Blackouts.

Lviv Regional Children's Clinical Hospital "Okhmatdyt" has 250 children and most are refugees. Many of the Children have PTSD and grappling with the psychological trauma of the air raids and bombings. There are frequent power outages and when there are black outs the children are severely traumatized and have emotional outbursts with fear of the dark. For the next few hours the staff works tirelessly to calm them down.

Founder and Inventor of Solight Alice Chun will personally deliver lights for New Years. We are partnering with Love Without Boundaries to bring more light to the Hospital.

Hurricane Ian Florida Relief

Over 1 million without power. According to the New York Times, “Hurricane Ian is going to be a storm that we talk about for decades,” Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Ian was so powerful that its winds were just a few miles per hour shy of making it a Category 5 storm as it made landfall in Florida on Wednesday. And it didn't take long for it to unleash its wrath on Florida's power grids.
We are sending Solights to Hurricane Ian victims in partnership with Florida Rising a non-profit organization working for CLIMATE JUSTICE and housing a just transition that puts frontline communities at the center of energy policy, disaster response, food policy, and all climate change initiatives.Florida Rising also fights for safe affordable homes, rent control, and housing development for the. underserved.

Fiona Relief Puerto Rico!

On September 18th, 2022 a category 4 Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico in the southern region. The island’s power grid was crippled again; 1.5 million had lost electricity and are left in the dark. We will be delivering Solights to the victims of Fiona with love and light. Our on the ground friends and partners are already there helping and need more Solarpuffs. We are working with the Non-Profit Stronger Than Maria to deliver lights to those that need them most. We were there in 2017 when Maria hit and when the earthquakes hit in 2019. Now we will be there again. These pictures are from Puerto Rico 2017 when we first delivered lights in San Juan. Founder Alice Min Soo Chun is personally going to deliver lights there on October 2nd 2022 and will be meeting up with Operation Blessing.