Notes From the Field: Bringing Safe Light to Zimbabwe After Cyclone Idai

Notes From the Field: Bringing Safe Light to Zimbabwe After Cyclone Idai

In this edition of Notes from the Field, we take a trip to Zimbabwe’s Martin Forest to learn more about its widespread power outages in the wake of Cyclone Idai, and the work of two nonprofits to bring safety to its residents.
Notes From the Field: Protecting the Rainforest with LuminAID Lights

Notes From the Field: Protecting the Rainforest with LuminAID Lights

In this edition of Notes From the Field, we check out the Rainforest Trust, an international conservation organization dedicated to creating protected lands around the world.
Notes From the Field: Lighting Up Medical Care in the Most Hard to Reach Places

Notes From the Field: Lighting Up Medical Care in the Most Hard to Reach Places

In this Notes From the Field, we take a look at Team 5 Medical Foundation’s trip to the remote city of Moro in Peru. Team 5 is a veteran foundation that provides medical care in the most overlooked and remote areas of the world.
Notes From the Field: Threadies' Teddy Bears Heal Emotional Trauma in Young Refugees

Notes From the Field: Threadies' Teddy Bears Heal Emotional Trauma in Young Refugees

In this edition of Notes From the Field, we recap our most recent Facebook Livestream with Threadies co-founder Steve Lehmann. We talk about the positive impact his company is making on Syrian children living in refugee camps.
Notes From the Field: Save the Children Lights the Way after Cyclone Idai

Notes From the Field: Save the Children Lights the Way after Cyclone Idai

In this edition of Notes From the Field, we hear about Save the Children's work in a Mozambican health clinic in the wake of Cyclone Idai, and how LuminAID lights helped facilitate much needed medical care.
Notes From the Field: How The Waterbearers Create "Energy Exchanges" with Women from the Americas to Africa

Notes From the Field: How The Waterbearers Create "Energy Exchanges" with Women from the Americas to Africa

The Waterbearers has come quite a long way. Since 2016, their campaigns have funded projects in 26 countries, and their influence continues to grow as they work with other organizations who share their vision.
Notes From the Field: How Haiti Mission, Inc. Created a "Generational Transformation"

Notes From the Field: How Haiti Mission, Inc. Created a "Generational Transformation"

In the latest edition of Notes From the Field, we hear from Tom Morrison of Starpoint Charitable Project. Tom founded Starpoint Charitable Project in 2018 to raise money for solar lighting solutions in Haiti, in partnership with Haiti Mission, Inc.
Notes From the Field: Reflections on Accountability in Disaster Relief

Notes From the Field: Reflections on Accountability in Disaster Relief

Fresh from a recent deployment with the Shelterbox Response Team, Yi Shun Li  reflects on how the effect of aid is a long term process that needs to be reevaluated long after relief has been distributed to those who need it.
Notes From the Field: The Impact of Solar Light with Kwatekeh Africa

Notes From the Field: The Impact of Solar Light with Kwatekeh Africa

In this Notes from the Field, we highlight the work of Kwatekeh Africa, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving and rehabilitating rural communities in Liberia impoverished by civil war.