UKRAINE — One girl has made it her mission to, actually, convey the reward of sunshine to Ukraine as Russia targets the ability grid with their assaults, forcing frequent blackouts.
It has been 10 darkish months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which culminated in 10 months of unnecessary warfare, numerous deaths and widespread destruction that crippled Ukraine’s energy grid.
“I knew I needed to convey the lights to the youngsters,” stated Alice Min Soo Chun.
Chun is at present touring throughout Ukraine to ship his solar-powered lamps to these in want.
“Now you could have the ability of your day in your fingers,” he stated. “If you happen to proceed to struggle with the sunshine of your coronary heart and your creativeness, there’s nothing you can’t do and that is the best weapon in opposition to injustice.”
Chun’s Solight Lanterns has two main supporters in Disney CEO Bob Iger and his spouse, Willow Bay, Dean of USC’s Annenberg College for Communication and Journalism.
They noticed her work on ‘Gutsy,’ an Apple TV+ present that includes Hillary and Chelsea Clinton as a few of the bravest ladies on the planet.
In a suburb of Kyiv, the place blackouts are a part of on a regular basis life, Chun visits 10-year-old Ruth and her sister, who’re each musicians.
They plan to make use of the lights once they do not have electrical energy.
On this system ‘Gusty,’ Chun referred to as Bob Iger an individual he admires quite a bit, one thing that kids in Ukraine can now say about him.
“These youngsters have been via greater than anybody may need for a child,” Chun stated. “These kids are essentially the most harmless. And they’re in a warfare they usually have carried out nothing mistaken.”
He stated that what’s vital to him is that he can come right here and inform the kids that they don’t seem to be forgotten.
“The world nonetheless cares about them and that there’s hope for peace and victory for Ukraine,” Chun stated.
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