A revolutionary model for people in the world’s most challenging places to build lasting, world-class essential services — for life. In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Asili is using co-creation to transform what it means to deliver humanitarian aid. Reimagining philanthropic aid as startup capital for self-sustaining businesses—and joining forces with like-minded partners along the way—Asili is not only operated by and for the people it serves, but is creating world-class service infrastructure for those who need it most. … [Read more...] about Asili: Co-Creation at the Core
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How Alight Teams Are Providing Meals for Moms
One hot meal is changing everything for moms in Rwanda and Sudan No matter where you live, giving birth can be both a joyful and stressful time—in the minutes, hours, and days after birth, it’s critical that both mom and baby get the care they need to heal and grow. But in resource-limited refugee camp settings like Rwanda and Sudan, that time just after birth can often be shortened, sending moms home without even a hot meal. … [Read more...] about How Alight Teams Are Providing Meals for Moms
Alight and Questscope Respond in Beirut
We're leveraging our long-standing presence throughout the country to respond to the devastating explosion. The fatal explosion in Beirut, Lebanon earlier this week has left hundreds dead, thousands injured, and over 250,000 homeless—all in an instant. Massive destruction and devastation reached from the epicenter of the blast to over 15 miles away, leaving people, their livelihoods, and their homes destroyed. … [Read more...] about Alight and Questscope Respond in Beirut
On the Frontlines of COVID-19: Meet Hodan
How one teammate from Alight’s Somali Program is helping to stop the spread of the coronavirus Hodan Abdi is a Protection Program Officer for our Somali Program. Originally from London, Hodan made a giant leap in 2019 to join the Alight team, leaving her work at a London-based homecare company to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a humanitarian. But when COVID-19 hit in March, Hodan’s work, like everyone else’s at Alight and around the world, had to evolve. Now, she’s on the frontlines of the fight to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to reach some of the most remote and vulnerable communities. … [Read more...] about On the Frontlines of COVID-19: Meet Hodan
100M People: COVID-19 Health Messaging Reaches New Heights
The #InOurHands campaign gets virus prevention information to marginalized and remote communities through global grassroots efforts. Alight’s In Our Hands COVID-19 health messaging campaign has officially reached 100 million people worldwide—many of whom would not otherwise have been reached. … [Read more...] about 100M People: COVID-19 Health Messaging Reaches New Heights
8 Ways Alight Is Getting Coronavirus Information to Refugees
When it comes to coronavirus prevention and response, displaced people and those living in refugee camps face a different set of challenges than most. Even in the best of times, access to information—especially when it comes to healthcare—can be difficult to come by. … [Read more...] about 8 Ways Alight Is Getting Coronavirus Information to Refugees
Facing the Challenge: Our Somali Program Responds to COVID-19
A team committed to standing by the people they serve... Over the past few years, Alight's Somali Program have faced down challenge after challenge. Extreme drought and famine impact displaced people disproportionately. Refugees returning after decades away face new hurdles as they struggle to build livelihood and community back home. Political instability is an ever-present threat. Recently, locusts and flooding threaten to destabilize farmers and communities. But through it all, our teams have been there to help, doing the doable to protect the people we serve. … [Read more...] about Facing the Challenge: Our Somali Program Responds to COVID-19
Coming Together For George
At the core of our Alight values is the belief in the sacredness of each human being. We believe to be human is to be wondrous. And we believe that each of us comes into the world with a gift. And it is in the giving of that gift that we and our communities become whole. On Monday, the 25th of May George Floyd was killed by police, and we as a community lost a gift. And a family lost someone they loved. To George Floyd’s family, friends, and neighbors we offer our sadness and our grief. You suffer this loss and injustice deeply. We wish you strength, resilience, and hopefully one day a measure of peace. As an organization we live and work in places experiencing violence. Places shaken by war, disaster, and terrible conflict. We know something of what it is like to live with brutality. And we have learned the value of leaning on community. We rely on each other. We work with refugees, in fact many of us are refugees, and stand with each other every day. We do the doable, … [Read more...] about Coming Together For George
Choose Optimism
It’s one of our guiding values that unites us, even – and especially – in difficult times At Alight, our seven values guide everything we do. They act as sign posts, driving how we work and how we interact with all we serve. They hold us to our promise to be the sort of humanitarian organization we want to be – and that refugees and displaced people deserve. … [Read more...] about Choose Optimism
Stopping the Spread of Coronavirus in Southeast Asia
Teams coming together on both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border... Our work in Thailand and Myanmar is defined by support to people on the move between the two countries. More than two million migrants travel back and forth between them regularly, looking for work and better ways to support their families. And thousands of refugees from Myanmar are still living in camps in Thailand, mostly along the border, although many have returned home and adjust to new lives there. Thailand is where Alight’s story began 40 years ago. Now, our work has evolved to support the new challenges people are facing in the region – and it’s still evolving as teams mobilize to confront the threat of COVID-19. … [Read more...] about Stopping the Spread of Coronavirus in Southeast Asia