One of the main assets of Beacon of hope UAE is the “beacon-in-a-box” educational solar light kit. The kit consists of components that make-up an LED light circuit that can be re-charged using solar energy. We have now reached more than 6800 children around the world. We have raised funds to reach more than double this number in our future missions. Apart from aiming to reach more disadvantaged children we also aim to reach more advantaged children to give them awareness and include them as child philanthropists. The other focus of Beacon of Hope UAE is to emphasized literacy and promote healing through reading by partnering with our sister organization “wanna read?” and another Emirati organization “dubai cares” The final focus of Beacon of Hope UAE is to provide access to state-of-the-art mobile applications developed at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovations that helps trained and untrained staff in remote areas to get accurate diagnostic information on genetic and heart disorders. We always strive to make fruitful partnerships to improve lives of children around the world.
We are proud of the impact that our solution made in short time through our various collaborations. Our initiative targets 3 main focus areas that are essential to the healthy development & growth of children. Our “beacon-in-a-box” solar light kit is unique because it is quirky & interesting & unlike anything that child has seen in the environment they grew up in, it is stimulating because they get to see what is usually under the hood, they make it with their own hands & they can teach others how to make it. We could hand out ready-made solar lamps but at the end of the day, what did the child learn? Did they feel helpless receiving a gift from international strangers? Or did they feel accomplished to make their own light with the help of those strangers who at the end of the day become their favorite new friends in the process of learning about renewable energy & building a personal solar powered light? Our initiative is also unique because it is collaborating with research institutions, like the aforementioned pediatric surgical institute in Washington DC which provided us with the apps that identify genetic disorders & heart murmurs respectively, & the biorobotics lab in Italy as well as research labs in the UAE to bring other creative innovations literally straight from “the oven” to where it is desperately needed. With no profit other than the positive global impact, the smiles we get & the hope we spread wherever we take these innovations.