LuminAID Digital Catalog - Summer 2017-18 Digital Catalog 2017-18 | Page 2

About LuminAID Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork invented LuminAID’s solar lighting technology just after the Haiti earthquake in 2010. They were inspired to design a simple, rechargeable light that could be cost-effectively distributed after disasters and have been selling LuminAID lights for the past 7 years. LuminAID’s solar inflatable light technology is patented in the U.S., with additional patent applications pending worldwide. LuminAID is currently based in Chicago. The company has won numerous awards and has been invited to the White House on several occasions. LuminAID lights have been used in more than 100 countries in the world. LuminAID has distributed tens of thousands of lights after some of the world’s most recent and widespread disasters including Hurricane Sandy, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and the Nepal Earthquake. LuminAID is a woman-owned small business.