"The target with the fourth edition, built in 2025 with enhanced design and new features, is to deliver another 2,000 units across 25 cities in California and counting. The project that started from Tenderloin in San Francisco has, with feedback from unhoused people, reached a point where it's more than an ordinary backpack. It's a self-sustaining unit that is designed to provide connectivity, shelter, resources, and assistance to the homeless."
"The backpack comes integrated with a 4-watt polycrystalline solar panel connected to an internal 10,000-mAh rechargeable power bank, and allows the user to connect their mobile device through the integrated USB port. The backpack comes with many additional utilities, such as a tent and sleeping bag, and also has an FM radio and flashlight inside the pack, which can be charged directly by the power bank."
HomeMore Project's Makeshift Traveler is a self-sustaining backpack designed to empower California's unsheltered homeless community by providing connectivity, shelter, resources, and assistance. Since the first model, the organization has delivered over 1,200 units and aims to distribute another 2,000 fourth-edition packs across 25 California cities in 2025. The pack integrates a 4-watt polycrystalline solar panel and an internal 10,000-mAh rechargeable power bank with a USB port to charge mobile devices. The unit includes a tent, sleeping bag, FM radio, flashlight, and can be recharged via sunlight or a wall charger; the outer surface is water- and weather-resistant.
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