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    Helping People Rebuild Their Lives

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    What We Do  |  Where We Help  |  Latest Info

    Everything we do begins with the people we serve. They know better than anyone the challenges they’re facing, the things they need, and what will make the biggest difference in their lives. When we deeply understand their experience, we’re able to co-design solutions that create new value and make meaningful change.

     

    What We Do

    Refugees share with us what they need, and we work together to create programs that make the most sense for that particular community. To these unique solutions, Alight is able to bring more than 40 years of expertise in services – like health care and sanitation – that are critical to refugee communities. We apply our experience to suit each community and to continue pursuing new and better solutions to enduring humanitarian challenges.

    Emergency Response

    Alight began with an emergency response on the Thai-Cambodian border in 1979, and since then we have responded to dozens of natural and man-made disasters. Generally, we respond in times of emergency when we can quickly mobilize teams who are nearby and when we believe Alight can contribute something to the overall international response that would otherwise be lacking. Read More and Donate.

    Health

    We provide a wide range of health programs around the world, including: disease prevention and control; emergency health care and obstetrics; primary & reproductive health care; and immunizations. Alight implements innovative and inclusive solutions to ensure that all beneficiaries have ready and equal access to quality medical care regardless of geographic location, sex, economic status, or medical condition. Read More..

    Shelter

    One of the first and most basic things any person who had fled their own home needs is a roof over their head where they can feel safe and begin the process of recovery. Over the years Alight has provided a diversity of shelter support, from emergency and transitional housing to construction of community kitchens and other vital structures. Read More..

    Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

    Alight implements a broad range of environmental services, including water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion (WASH) and environmental health. Alight is committed to the delivery of water programs that ensure measurable quality and lasting impact for the people we serve. Read More..

    Camp Management

    There are often a number of different organizations working in a refugee camp at any given time. In addition to creating structures and mechanisms for camp residents to represent and advocate for themselves, we coordinate the efforts of all agencies actively providing services in the camp in order to maximize the benefits to all camp residents. Read More..

    Social Enterprise

    Alight opened its first social enterprise – a business founded in order to make a social impact – in DRC in 2014, and we are actively considering other opportunities to employ business models in creating improved solutions. When it comes to generating the greatest good for the people we serve, we believe that function ought to define form. Read More..

    Protection

    Around the world, gender-based violence (GBV) impacts the lives of thousands of women, girls, and their families. Alight partners with international and local organizations to ensure survivors, their families, and their communities have the counseling, legal services and other essential services they need. Read More..

    Education

    Education services can vary widely based on location and who the students are. We operate formal and non-formal education programs for children in Pakistan, Jordan and elsewhere, but we also work with adults to provide vocational and small business training that help them build their livelihoods. Read More..

     

    Where We Help

    Alight will work anyplace our unique capabilities and experience are needed. Over the years, we’ve responded to crises from Haiti all the way to East Timor, and we’ve spent 20 years or more helping in some places. Today, we work with refugees and host communities in 11 countries around the world.

    • Asili - Helping 10,000 people per zone
      Approaching long-term sustainable development using business principles and a user experience specifically designed by and for Congolese communities.
    • Jordan - Reaching more than 200,000 people
      We are working with individuals, communities, local organizations and international partners to produce social, educational, and entrepreneurial opportunities for marginalized Syrian refugee and Jordanian youth.
    • Myanmar - Helping 160,000 people
      Our teams work along both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border, fighting to stop the spread of drug-resistant malaria.
    • Pakistan - Reaching 118,000 people
      Focused on innovation, the delivery of best-in- class, high quality services, and geographic diversification, we are bringing new value to Afghan refugees and host communities in Pakistan.
    • Rwanda - Helping 102,000 people
      Increasingly focused on building resilience, we are working to redefine the refugee experience for Congolese and Burundian refugees in Rwanda.
    • Somalia - Reaching 400,000 people
      Through collaboration with the Somali government and private sector, innovation and provision of lifesaving services like healthcare, water, protection and shelter, we are bringing previously unimagined value to the country.
    • South Sudan - Reaching 1 million people
      We are helping South Sudan navigate the waters of a difficult period, expanding our reach and seeking out tools to bring the best possible services to some of the most marginalized people in the world.
    • Sudan - Helping 2.3 million people
      Alight is helping those who would otherwise not be reached get access to basic, lifesaving services and peacebuilding programs designed to help them rebuild and regain control of their lives.
    • Syria - Reaching 160,000 people
      Alight has been in Syria since 2013, working side by side with truly heroic Syrians – people who have devoted their lives to helping their neighbors find shelter, clean water and protection.
    • Thailand - Helping 180,000 people
      Alight is preparing refugees and migrants in Thailand for the future, meeting their basic needs through through primary health care and water and sanitation services but also protecting vulnerable groups from violence and helping them build economic resiliency.
    • Uganda - Reaching 200,000 people
      Working with diverse communities and cultures inside settlements in Uganda, providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene services, as well as protection and community development support.

    Where We Help

    Alight will work anyplace our unique capabilities and experience are needed. Over the years, we’ve responded to crises from Haiti all the way to East Timor, and we’ve spent 20 years or more helping in some places. Today, we work with refugees and host communities in 11 countries around the world.

    Latest Information

    THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING UKRAINIANS

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    Meeting displaced Ukrainians at critical moments, thanks to you!

    Alight is coming alongside Ukrainians on their journey, to help them process, re-orient, connect, and navigate their new reality. We’ve been listening and what we’ve learned has helped us build a human-centered response.  Read More

    The Promise of Safety in Wrocław

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    Vitaliy and his wife Katia were living a life they describe as normal: running their own food shop and raising their three daughters, Kira 2, Alina 8, and Vlada 10, in the Odessa region. They didn’t believe war would ever come to Ukraine. In the early morning of February 24th, the phone rang. Read

    A Kind Host in Krakow

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    When the war broke out in Ukraine, Mariola and her family’s first instinct was to help. Like many people living in Poland, they started taking stock of what they could offer. What resources did they have to help their neighbors forced to flee across the border? Read

    Finding Refuge at an Airbnb in Poland

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    When the war began in Ukraine, 36-year-old Olena had been working at a coffee factory in Poland for a month. She had gone to Poland with a friend, temporarily leaving her four children with family in Ukraine so that she could earn more money to support them. Read

    Doing the Doable for Ukrainian Families

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    We are diving in and doing what’s possible

    The war in Ukraine has caused the largest refugee crisis since World War II and has disrupted the lives of millions of people. It can feel overwhelming to think about how to help, or even where to start. Read More

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