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Alight: What We Do

Emergency response. WASH. Camp management. Social enterprise. Education. Protection. Health.

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Alight and Questscope's Gaza emergency response

Alight and Questscope's Gaza emergency response. Date. April 23, 2024. Despite the growing challenges in delivering aid, Alight and our affiliate Questscope have been relentless in our mission to provide critical support. Image Credit | Questscope.

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Alight deploys rapid response team to Poland

Alight deploys rapid response team to Poland. Date. February 28, 2022. Alight has sent a team of rapid-response aid workers to Poland to support fleeing Ukrainian families in a moment of crisis.

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Welcome to the Changemaker Community

Together, we can support essential aid, resilient communities, education and livelihoods, and emergency response across the world. Your impact is multiplied. Each dollar you give is multiplied by nine, thanks to our institutional partners.

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Alight’s 2024 Annual Impact Report is now available

Covering our work from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024, the report highlights how we co-create solutions with displaced people across five key areas: natural disasters response, women and girls, emergencies, livelihoods, and innovation.

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Gaza, one year later

We must see people’s humanity and respond with compassion. Rhodes believes compassion isn’t passive—it demands action.

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Alight: Somali Peninsula

From emergency response to long-term support, Alight has been serving displaced and marginalized communities in the Somali peninsula since 2010.

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Supporting Ethiopian families during conflict

Alight has mobilized teams to respond to the crisis in Kassala and Gedaref in Sudan. And our team in Ethiopia is in position to ensure families have medical care, clean water, and shelter. Our teams are ready.

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Alight Responds to Worsening Cholera Crisis in Sudan

What began as a health crisis has now deepened into a national emergency. In Khartoum State, the situation is especially dire. Over 7,000 cases were. reported. in May 2025 alone – a 400% increase from April.

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Syria and Türkiye earthquake response

We're providing hot meals, emergency rations, blankets, dignity kits, and repairing shelter facilities. **Update: Friday, February 21, 2025.

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Alight’s flood response in Pakistan

Alight’s flood response in Pakistan. Date. September 6, 2022. The recent devastating floods in Pakistan have left millions of people homeless and one-third of Pakistan underwater. Alight Pakistan. **Update: Friday, August 16, 2024.

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Famine declared in Sudan

Alight's response to the crisis. Addressing the food crisis. We are leading efforts in East and South Darfur through two consortia in partnership with six organizations.

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Alight: Rwanda

Alight in action. in Rwanda. 84K+. received high-quality health care. 28K+. children and mothers received anemia prevention and response services, and 3,376accessed nutrition screenings and services. 8K+. women and children survivors of violence received comprehensive

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Alight: Pakistan

Alight in action. in Pakistan. 1.1M+. out-of-school children enrolled. in schools between 2018-2021. 91K+. people provided with emergency. assistance during floods. 120K+. scholarships for Afghan girls and young women. Founding year. 2002.

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Alight: Ethiopia

Response. Shelter and essential aid to support families recovering from displacement. Specialized lifesaving GBV services, such as the Clinical Management of Rape (CMR), psycho-social support (PSS), GBV case management, legal aid, and referral mechanisms.

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Alight: Sudan

Amid the ongoing conflict and crisis in Sudan, Alight continues to deliver lifesaving health care, support displaced families, and respond to growing humanitarian needs. Alight is the largest humanitarian health care provider in Sudan. support.

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Alight: News & stories

Stay connected and learn how we respond to emergencies, amplify displaced voices, and provide sanctuary for those facing adversity. Our purpose is to inspire and unleash abundance in every person. Who we are. Our team. Careers. Reports. Where we work.

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FAQ + How to Help: Foreign Aid Cuts

We believe the world is full of amazing people who want to help - please consider a donation to Alight's Emergency Fund today! *Last updated: 3/20/2025.

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American citizens can now sponsor refugees. Here’s how it works.

In the U.S. private sponsorship has its roots in smaller emergency programs established in recent years to welcome Afghan and Ukrainian refugees; in those programs, refugees and their sponsors have reported faster integration and a sense of fulfillment for

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Alight: A future beyond displacement

Emergency relief and lifesaving care. Our focus. Alight works for and with communities displaced by conflict, natural disasters, and social and economic crises, with special attention on women and girls. Our work.

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Collaborative efforts at the Myanmar Public Health Conference 2023

Win Htut Oo from the C19RM (Covid-19 Response Mechanism) 2.0 project. Our team participated in multiple sessions and listened to engaging talks, including sessions on “All Hands for NCD Prevention and Control,”.

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Podcast: The leadership journey of Mohammad Idriss

work in Sudan, Idriss shares his inspiring leadership journey, revealing how his early life experiences shaped his commitment to humanitarian work and emphasizes the vital role of community engagement, mental well-being, and continuous learning in crisis response

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Alight: El Salvador

Recognizing their unique power, Alight joined them, building emergency planning strategies and getting the sisters any extra training they needed, all while keeping them safe through virtual guidance – so they could keep their work going.

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Confronting the Insulin Crisis in Ed Daein

They moved quickly, putting in place a coordinated response to track insulin supplies in real time, identify patients with the most critical needs, and streamline delivery routes across the region.

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Alight: Myanmar

The emergence of this virulent strain of the disease poses a significant public health risk, as many remote communities have limited access to health services. Impact. Diagnostic and treatment services at 14 Myanmar/Thailand border points.

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How to Talk About the Importance of U.S. Foreign Aid

In a time of growing global challenges, America’s leadership in humanitarian response guided by the principles of compassion, dignity and hope, will help save lives, foster stability, and strengthen America's role as a force for good in the world. 2.

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Alight: Thailand

More than four decades later, we’re still on the frontlines of infectious disease control and humanitarian response.

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A letter from Alight Sudan's Executive Director

Donate. to support Alight Sudan's emergency efforts. Child Friendly Space (Zone 3), Um Rakuba Camp, Gedaref (Feb. 2025). Related. stories. Stay in the loop. join our newsletter.

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Devex: Why global leaders must rethink migration as a path to opportunity

Jobs were tied to sponsorship, funding was increased, and the response was marked by a greater sense of understanding. “I want us to unlock more equitable and safe legal pathways for everyone else,” she said.

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Alight: South Sudan

Response. 20 communal shelters housing 160 households built, with plans for 1,500 more. Skill-building and income opportunities for women. Transitional shelters in the town of Kajo-Keji for elderly and disabled people.

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A Love Army for Somalia

We’ve been providing clean water, emergency health services, anddistributing food to families who are the worst affected. But conditions haven’t improved. And there aren’t enough people out there helping.

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Alight: Democratic Republic of Congo

Response. Beautifully designed with the input of the families who now use the services, Asili's clinics offer the highest quality healthcare in the region, at prices affordable to the average Congolese customer.

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Alight: United States of America

Response. Alight operates a robust portfolio of programs co-created with newcomers.

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Alight: Uganda

Response. Alight’s teams on the ground work tirelessly to provide refugees with essential support including protection, mental health support and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services.

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Doing the doable for Ukrainian families

Through faith-based partners we’re able to reach Ukrainians with emergency shelter, warm food, medicines and medical care, basic necessities, and even employment opportunities. You can help us do the doable.

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Listening to our customers in Rwanda with Play Verto

Other significant responses included “Being together with family,” “education,” and “food and accommodation.” As a result, we are now beginning to explore how to respond to these concerns. Which THREE of these things are most important to you right now?

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Keeping the wheels turning

Everyone stepped up to the challenge to be a part of the country-wide response to Covid-19. Thus, despite the uncertainty surrounding us, breakthroughs like Radio Muallim were born, bringing school lessons via radio waves to kids throughout the country.

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A world without malaria

Thailand is where Alight first came into being in 1978, where we worked to prevent and treat tuberculosis. 40 years later, we’re still on the frontlines of infectious disease control and humanitarian response.

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Stopping the spread of Coronavirus in Southeast Asia

Using existing infrastructure to respond to Covid-19. One of our guiding stars in our work in South East Asia is preventing the spread of drug-resistant malaria.

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