<![CDATA[Limited lighting on community motorboats is a key safety concern in Depapre Bay, Jayapura Regency. This issue is particularly relevant because longboats and speedboats remain essential for inter-village mobility, local economic activities, fisheries, and tourism services, while local waters are exposed to floating debris, coral areas, changing waves, and rapidly shifting weather conditions. This community service program aimed to introduce a solar-powered lighting system as an appropriate technology while strengthening users' knowledge of safety and equipment maintenance. A participatory assistance approach was applied through needs identification, awareness sessions, technical training, installation, mentoring, monitoring, and evaluation. The program showed that the intervention went beyond equipment delivery by linking user needs, lighting installation, operational understanding, and maintenance in a corrosive marine environment. Qualitatively, the solar-powered lighting system supported improved motorboat visibility and provided an independent energy source for lighting. Nevertheless, lighting should be treated as one component of a broader safety system together with life jackets, weather information, communication devices, route management, and motorist capacity building. The program indicates that simple technology combined with community empowerment can serve as a contextual and potentially replicable model for improving coastal transport safety.]]>
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