More than donation — helping people move from being helped to helping others.
POWER to CHANGE isn't about sending resources out; it drives a shift in identity — re-deploying resources to walk a person, a family, a community from beneficiary to contributor.
On site — Light Up Infinite Hope, Datong, Yilan, Sep 2023
On site — Light Up Infinite Hope, Datong, Yilan, Sep 2023With traditional donation, the money leaves and that's the end of it. POWER to CHANGE is different — every act of support helps the people being helped grow their own strength, until one day they become the ones who help others. Resources aren't a one-way output; they are re-used and compounded. The three programs below are different doors to the same thing: turning beneficiaries into contributors.
What does change look like?
Three real moments — from household visits under Light Up Infinite Hope, and the tribal reforestation ground.
Signing up, in her own hand
Every household energy retrofit starts with a signature. Not "being helped" — deciding to take part, and taking the household's power and light back into her own hands.
One light comes on
More than a bulb: a lower power bill every month, safer wiring, and a room that is simply bright again.
The next generation plants on
Employees bring their kids to the tribal land and put seedlings into the soil together. The place being supported is also the place everyone pitches in — beneficiaries becoming contributors, in one loop.
Three paths from beneficiary to contributor
- 1
Light Up Endless Hope · energy sufficiency
Install energy savings and green power for energy-poor families, cutting their burden — and moving them from recipients of energy to people who are energy-independent, even modelling savings for others. Comes with an auditable energy-and-carbon report; companies can sponsor in batches.
- 2
Indigenous student co-education
Support an Indigenous student's education and growth month by month — walking a child from someone who is co-raised into a future changemaker for their community and land.
- 3
Indigenous co-employment
Co-employ with the community, keeping jobs and dignity on Indigenous land — moving people straight from being helped to being contributors with dignity.
The full program philosophy, sponsorship tiers and real stories are being organized in power-to-change and will roll out in stages.
Thank you, auntie! The house is so bright now.
Real stories
Power to Change — real records from corporate partners and the families they reach, public on DOMI's YouTube.
IKEA × Power to Change · Dialogue in the Dark
IKEA Xindian
Power to Change · Mrs. Chiang's story
Energy Prosperity · a family reached
Questions, answered
- How is POWER to CHANGE different from a donation?
- A donation ends once the money is given; POWER to CHANGE drives a shift in identity — helping the people who were helped become helpers themselves, so resources compound.
- How can a company take part?
- Sponsor one of three programs (Light Up Endless Hope / Indigenous student co-education / Indigenous co-employment) and receive an auditable outcomes report.
- How much does sponsorship cost?
- By program scale — we'll size it with you around your goals.
Three engines × one platform
By program scale — let's talk