OUR STORY

Bright Light Projects is a byproduct of a musical Solidarity collaboration in 2012 written and directed by Jerry Cleo aka Dj Skeeper. This collaboration was later renamed “Houston Against Violence” This was at the heart of the Boko Haram attacks in Africa and the Boston Marathon Bombing. BLP used the power of music to call attention to peace, denouncing violence in all its forms. About 28 different Artists musicians from about 20 different countries came together using their talent to cry for peace. This project was endorsed by the former Mayor Anisse Parker of Houston. BLP will continue to use music as a tool for advocacy when together with other partners organized the first ever Diaspora response to the deadly Ebola virus which hit West Africa in 2014.

In October 2015 organized Concert for Ebola Relief in Maryland rallying friends of Africa, the diplomatic community, Artists and musicians to raise funds which benefited Doctors without Borders and the International Medical Corps. Music is a catalyst for social change and sustainable Development the world over. At the cornerstone of BLP’s success is its ability to build strategic partnerships with organizations championing specific humanitarian needs. In 2017, BLP produced and released Africa for Ebola orphans Album, a four country musical collaboration (Cameroon, Guinea Conakry, Liberia and Sierra Leone) highlighting the voiceless voices of about 12,000 children orphaned by the deadly Ebola virus. our Executive Director Franco Bonghan travelled to Freetown Sierra Leone to organize Africa for Ebola orphans Concert at the Brima Attouga Mini Stadium which was a social therapy program for Ebola orphans in about 5 different communities in Freetown. Inspired by Music Implementing viable community-based projects through strategic partnerships including the Corporate and Academic sectors to provide cost effective sustainable programs to both urban and rural Communities in Sub –Sahara Africa and the United States of America.