How BRIGHT ensures quality and reliability for humanitarian procurement
Reliable lighting is essential in humanitarian response and emergency preparedness. BRIGHT’s portable solar lamps are engineered, tested, and certified to perform in demanding environments. This guide explains the solar lamp standards used globally, how BRIGHT validates product quality, and what procurement teams should look for when selecting solar lighting.
All articles
-
![Repair trainees learn how to fix solar lamp PCBs as part of BRIGHT’s humanitarian e-waste programme.]()
- Sustainability
- Field work
- Humanitarian
- Repair
- Insights
Why producer engagement is important for solving the e-waste challenge in displacement settings: Lessons from Cox’s Bazar
Solar lamp producers who supply humanitarian organisations in displacement settings have a critical role in supporting organisations managing electronic waste (e-waste). Explore how BRIGHT’s Repair Program supported impactful repair initiatives in Cox’s Bazar Kutupalong settlement.
Read more
-
![BRIGHT solar lamp Repair Program in Bidibidi Uganda. Group photo of E-waste Management project participants, featuring representatives from BRIGHT and IOM (© BRIGHT).]()
- Stories
- Sustainability
- Field work
- Humanitarian
BRIGHT’s solar lamp Repair Program: Partnering on the leading e-waste management project in the humanitarian sector
In Uganda’s Bidibidi refugee settlement, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is leading several partners in pioneering the most comprehensive electronic waste (e-waste) management project in the humanitarian sector. At the heart of this project is BRIGHT’s solar lamp Repair Program which is training technicians who are turning e-waste into opportunity through the repair and refurbishment of solar lamps. These technicians have since the launch of the E-waste Management project in 2022 repaired 6,361 solar lamps and 341 solar panels, reduced e-waste, and significantly improved their livelihoods. By embracing a circular economy, improving product design, and centering community voices, BRIGHT’s Repair Program offers a sustainable model for handling e-waste in displacement settings, aligning with Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).
Read more
-
![BRIGHT Fieldwork hands on solar lamp repair program in Cox Bazar Bangladesh]()
- Field work
- Sustainability
- Humanitarian
Solar lamp repair & e-waste management in Cox’s Bazar Kutupalong refugee camp
In the heart of the world's largest refugee camp, access to reliable solar energy is more than a convenience, it is a crucial lifeline. Cox's Bazar's Kutupalong settlement, home to nearly one million Rohingya refugees, faces ongoing challenges from a long-running humanitarian crisis and increasingly frequent climate-related disasters. Recognising this, BRIGHT has made it a priority to improve access to sustainable solar lighting and energy in the camp by talking with end-users, understanding the e-waste challenge in the settlement, and by providing hands-on training on solar lamp repair.
Read more
