Darkness Exists Close to Home
65% of people experiencing homelessness use their phones to access medical services and information.
For the chronically unsheltered, access to a working phone is critical in maintaining effective connections to employment, medical and homeless services. Access to a solar powered light for this same population can assist with safety and ability to improve self-care. We aim to provide solar powered phone chargers and solar lights to some of the most at-risk homeless in partnership with groups like Doctors Without Walls-Santa Barbara Street Medicine, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, the Boston Medical Center and the USC Keck School of Street Medicine. Access to solar light and power saves time, energy and money, while ensuring recipients can be reached by others, call for services they need, or simply enable them to see and read at night. Your purchase or donation on this page goes directly to help those experiencing homelessness.
Ways to Give to help the homeless
BUY ONE | GIVE ONE: Buy a Luke Light or Chandler Charger for yourself and we'll donate one to someone experiencing homelessness.
DONATE: $10 gives a Luke Light; $30 provides a Chandler Charger.
FUNDRAISE: Start your own fundraiser, create your own project, take action and get others to join you.
DONATE: $10 gives a Luke Light; $30 provides a Chandler Charger.
FUNDRAISE: Start your own fundraiser, create your own project, take action and get others to join you.
Kevin received a donated Chandler Charger from the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Our first distribution in 2017 with the Safe Parking Program in Santa Barbara gave solar charges to people living in their cars.
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Doctors and volunteers with Doctors Without Walls-Santa Barbara Street Medicine consulting with a patient. Photo by Mark Semegen for Direct Relief.
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