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Our focus

Alight works for and with communities displaced by conflict, climate change, and social and economic exclusion, with special attention on women and girls.

Our work

Taking a collaborative, human-centered approach, we address essential needs such as healthcare, clean water, shelter, and protection, and provide livelihood programming and education.

Our reach

Our 2,300 humanitarians serve more than 4 million people in over 20 countries every year.

News & stories

News

Changing lives through Welcome Corps

Right now, there are millions of displaced people fleeing violence and persecution around the world who are seeking a pathway to the United States. Becoming a Welcome Corps sponsor is a life-changing opportunity to stand alongside someone as they rebuild.

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Stories

Shelter Depot: a marketplace powered by co-creation

Shelter Depot is a hardware store that treats refugees and displaced families as customers so they can build lives of wholeness and agency in the new country they are a part of.

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Press

Minnesota groups at the forefront of relief efforts in Sudan

Humanitarian agencies warn of famine in the country, noting that more than a third of the population faces acute food insecurity.

Case study

Partnering with Airbnb.org in Poland

Alight helps Ukrainians find safety amid crisis. Partnering with Airbnb.org, we've provided over 73,000 nights of free housing.

Alight’s approach:

co-creation

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Asili: Co-creation at the core
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Colombia

Centering customers’ voices in Colombia with Kuja Kuja
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Impact

1.728M

received health care and lifesaving medicines

684K

were reached with gender-based violence prevention and care

309K

received clean water, sanitation, and hygiene education

1.177M

 received food and nutrition education

7.6K

were assisted in starting jobs and provided with livelihood opportunities

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