2025 Impact Update
As we enter 2026, Unite to Light is reflecting on what our community of supporters and partners made possible in 2025.
Together, we delivered reliable, solar-powered light and energy to people and communities facing energy poverty — supporting health, education, and resilience around the world.
2025 Impact Highlights:
- 27,020 solar lights and 2,629 solar chargers distributed
- Reached communities in 21 countries
- Worked alongside 37 distribution partners
- 184,145 lives impacted, including families, students, and midwives serving hundreds of patients each
Behind every number is a real outcome: safer births supported by reliable lighting, students able to study after dark, families with power during outages, and communities building long-term resilience through clean energy solutions.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who helped make this work possible and look forward to building on this momentum in 2026.
Unite to Light
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President & CEO: Megan Birney Rudert
Mission
Unite to Light envisions a world where every person has access to clean, affordable light and energy. They provide low-cost solar lighting and energy to people living without electricity to improve global health, education, prosperity, and fight climate change.
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I’ve learned that meaningful change often begins with something simple. Unite to Light brings light and power to villages, clinics, and schools where darkness has limited opportunity. Suddenly, evenings become time to study, work, cook, care for family, and gather together. It is a privilege to be part of that transformation.
$2,500 Lights the Path to Graduation
A $2,500 investment funds a “Light Library” – providing solar lights for students to study safely after dark. Each light costs $10 and lasts 7-10 years, making it one of the most cost-effective education interventions available.
Unite to Light is seeking 25 donors at this level to help thousands more students stay in school and succeed.
Buy One. Give One.
For every product Unite to Light sells here in the U.S., they donate one to someone without electricity.
Key Supporters
John Bowers
Claude Dorais
Gisela Voss Kernan
Dawn Mitcham
Wade Nomura
Heather Bennett
Maggi Alexander
Wendy & Larry Barels
Lynda Nahra
The James S. Bower Foundation
Rudi Schulte Family Foundation
Shuji & Yuki Nakamura
Jeff Henley
Hans & Esther Brand
Art & Louise Fisher
Bob Simon
Jeff Harris