About Us
Our Mission
The mission of ‘One Million Lights’ is to improve the daily lives of children and adults by providing clean and healthy lighting. Our goal is to distribute one million (1,000,000) solar lights to replace dangerous and polluting kerosene lamps.
We provide clean, safe, affordable solar lighting to rural communities around the world through our international distribution programs, made possible by partnerships and donations. These solar lights enable children to study at night and adults to extend their workday, all while eliminating carbon emissions, improving household health, and greatly increasing income savings.”
As of yet, this particular youth branch has completed seven lights distributions nationwide, lighting up over 970 homes, and has raised over P1,130,000 (~22,400 USD) to provide these lights to off-grid communities.
- One Million Lights ISM
United Nations: SDGs in Action 2019
Note from Directors: We would like to thank Sandro Lorenzo, Raffy Tanpho, Lorenzo-Yao Bate, Catrina Walters, Nadia Hartley, and Tom Nazareno for their help with and support for our documentary.
The One Million Lights Youth Branch’s 2018 documentary, One Million Lights Zambales, was awarded as one of six winners out of 1000+ submissions for the United Nation’s SDGs in Action Film Festival on July 11, 2019. The film was recognized by the United Nations at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. Carmel Limcaoco, Lorenzo Yao-Bate, and Andy Sanda attended the event to represent One Million Lights.
The film’s directors, Carmel Limcaoco and Andy Sanda, won in the category “Young Filmmaker for the SDGs” (Sustainable Development Goals).
The Film Festival is a part of the United Nation’s High Level Political Forum, a conference with significant focus on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. One Million Lights aims to help people all over the Philippines attain SDG #7, Affordable and Clean Energy. The OML youth branch is proud to announce that our organization’s accomplishments and youth initiative were commended greatly both by internationally renowned filmmakers, festival attendees, and United Nations officials alike.
See the festival winners here:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2019/filmfestival#winners2019
Watch the award winning documentary: