Sol: The proven portable solar lamp for humanitarian aid, emergency preparedness & off-grid contexts
Explore how Sol, BRIGHT’s next-generation solar lamp, is performing in humanitarian response, emergency preparedness, transitional housing and off-grid contexts around the world.
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![A young student sitting on a bed reading a book under the light of a portable Sol solar lamp in a dim dormitory room.]()
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Sol: The proven portable solar lamp for humanitarian aid, emergency preparedness & off-grid contexts
Explore how Sol, BRIGHT’s next-generation solar lamp, is performing in humanitarian response, emergency preparedness, transitional housing and off-grid contexts around the world.
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![A student in Kyiv uses the BRIGHT Sol Mid Capacity solar lamp to study a map.]()
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Solar lighting for emergency shelters: Field insights from Ukraine
In summer 2025, BRIGHT deployed 710 solar lamps across Ukrainian emergency shelters, schools and displacement settings. Field monitoring data from Kharkiv shows how solar lighting supports safety, mobility and education continuity in conflict-affected environments.
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![BRIGHT Products Technical Engineer Mohammed Yassin (left) joins BRIGHT’s manufacturing partners in observing a wire‑bending test that is part of the engineering stress tests the company carries out to ensure the quality and reliability of its products.]()
- Design & development
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- Humanitarian
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.
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![Discover how solar lamps improve safety, education and resilience in displacement camps. Evidence, impact and procurements insights for humanitarian organisations.]()
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Bringing light to displacement settlements: The role of solar lamps
Discover how solar lamps improve safety, education and resilience in displacement camps. Evidence, impact and procurements insights for humanitarian organisations.
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![Repair trainees learn how to fix solar lamp PCBs as part of BRIGHT’s humanitarian e-waste programme.]()
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- Repair
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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.
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![Joona Cichy sits next to some of the SunTurtle solar lamps he bought for donation to learners in Ghana and Madagascar through his Bright Futures ngo]()
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Bright Futures: How a 16-year-old is donating solar lamps to help learners study after dark
In Cologne, Germany, December darkness settles early. Most students move from school to after-school clubs and switch on their desk lamps without a second thought. Yet for millions of children elsewhere, nightfall closes the school day altogether. This contrast prompted one student to act.
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![BRIGHT solar lamp Repair Program in Bidibidi Uganda. Group photo of E-waste Management project participants, featuring representatives from BRIGHT and IOM (© BRIGHT).]()
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- Repair
BRIGHT’s solar lamp Repair Program: A circular economy model for humanitarian e-waste
In Uganda's Bidibidi refugee settlement, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) leads a multi-stakeholder e-waste management project that Norway's Innovation Norway and IOM's own reporting to the UN describe as the leading e-waste initiative in the humanitarian sector — the first comprehensive circular economy model tested in a displacement setting. At its centre is BRIGHT's solar lamp Repair Program, which trains local technicians to turn e-waste into opportunity through repair, refurbishment and battery recovery. Since the project launched in 2022, technicians have collected 11,650 solar lamps, repaired and returned 9,379 to use, and recovered over 20,000 lithium-ion cells for reuse in second-life battery packs. By combining circular economy principles, community ownership and a direct feedback loop into product design, the Repair Program offers a working model for e-waste management in displacement settings — aligned with Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).
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How innovation-friendly procurement can make humanitarian aid more sustainable
Procurement may not be the most glamorous function in humanitarian operations, but it is one of the most powerful. As crises grow in complexity and urgency, the systems behind aid delivery must evolve. At the heart of this transformation lies a quiet revolution: innovation-friendly procurement.
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