UNHCR · Lighted Impact Foundation

Light for Peace: Illuminating IDP Camps

Solar lighting built from recycled materials - and taught to the community itself - transforming life inside camps of 10,000 displaced people.

ClientUNHCR · Lighted Impact Foundation
SectorRenewable Energy · Humanitarian Innovation
ServiceImpact Documentary
Year2025
The Challenge

IDP camps housing roughly 10,000 displaced persons sat in complete darkness at night - raising risks of snake bites and gender-based violence, ending education and social life after sunset, and compounding the community’s lack of access to clean, affordable energy.

Our Approach

A documentary visually narrating the intervention: solar lighting solutions designed from recycled materials by the Lighted Impact Foundation, with camp residents taught to design, build, and maintain the kits themselves. Personal testimonies structure a before-and-after narrative of innovation in humanitarian energy access.

The Result
  • Concrete impact verification for accountability to stakeholders and donors
  • Compelling visual narrative supporting grants and philanthropic support
  • Evidence of scalability building partner investment confidence
  • Advocacy piece positioning community-led renewable energy within humanitarian response
Common Questions
What was the brief for this film?

UNHCR · Lighted Impact Foundation needed their work documented with cinematic credibility - evidence that could stand in front of institutional audiences. Solar lighting built from recycled materials - and taught to the community itself - transforming life inside camps of 10,000 displaced people.

What service was delivered?

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