750,000 children in Gaza live in darkness because electricity is out for 21 hours a day.

We're asking groups of seven families in Gaza to put a light and a sign with their message outside from 7 to 8pm every Wednesday as a way to call attention to the power crisis in Gaza.

Loss of electricity makes daily tasks impossible. Solar powered Luci lights are a big help. Due to the generosity of so many of our supporters, 23,000 solar lights are cleared to cross the blockade for distribution by Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations this summer.

Rebuilding Alliance partnered with four Palestinian Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to distribute lights directly to families in need. A 2-for-1 matching grant is in place to send a second LittleSun solar light for each one we buy. Help empower Gaza's next generation, help open the blockade, and bring hope to all.

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Families in the US are gathering their neighbors to shine a light in their window every Wednesday between 7 and 8pm to show your support.
Then, take a picture and post it to social media using #ItsTimeForLight so we know you're with us.

See the Impact

Writers from We Are Not Numbers spent time with the families in Gaza participating in this movement to gain insight on how lack of electricity effects their lives, and how something as seemingly insignificant as a small solar light can have a remarkable impact.. Their stories give us a sense of what it means to live with such limited access to electricity.

Read families' stories

Disability No Barrier for True Athletes in Gaza

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Anwar's story, a 31 y/o who has been employed by UNRWA for over six years.

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Solar Fills A Dark House With Light

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Solar Replaces Candlelight for Gaza Family, Bringing Peace to a Mother’s Heart

When you live mired in poverty, every detail of daily life is a challenge. Abeer and Salah al-Akharsah, along with their seven children (and an eighth on the way), live in a remote area of the Gaza Strip—Eraiba, northwest of Rafah. Salah, 41, used to earn a decent income as a trader of goods transported through the tunnels connecting Gaza with Egypt.

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'Light of Hope' Helps Girls Enjoy Nights Again

I was not prepared for what I found when I visited the al-Malalha family in Rafah, in the far south of the Gaza Strip. Their street was lightless, but the dim glow of the moon helped me see so I could walk without tripping. It was lined with farmland and greenhouses. Nothing could be heard but the sound of crickets.

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Caring for the Deaf is El-Amal’s ‘Mission of Love’

Over the past 10 years, three wars waged on the Gaza Strip have had devastating effects on the population of 2 million in both large and small ways. Since the first war in 2008/09, says Hedaya Abu Lehia, a technician assistant at the El-Amal Audiology Clinic, Gaza has seen a 30 percent increase in hearing impairment. The reason, she reports, is the exposure to loud explosions.

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Gaza Center Teaches Women to 'Fish'

There's an old axiom that says, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime." However, the Women's Programs Centre in Gaza's city of Rafah believes it should be rewritten this way, "Teach a woman to fish, and everyone eats for a lifetime."

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