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    When the American Refugee Committee first set out to become Alight, we knew we needed not just our voices, but the voices of others to help us unleash the kind of abundance we believe exists in the world. We needed our stakeholders, our partners, our supporters. But, most importantly, we needed the voices of the people we’re here for—refugees and displaced people—in order to truly be human-centered and grounded in the lives of those we serve.  … [Read more...] about Find Others

    Humanitarians First: Alight Pakistan Responds to COVID-19

    Stepping up in a time of crisis... For years now, our work in Pakistan has been all about getting kids back in the classroom. There are millions of out-of-school kids in the country—children who have either dropped out of school, live in remote areas, or who can’t afford school fees. So far, we’ve enrolled over 800,000 previously out-of-school kids, creating new opportunities for families to better access and afford education that works for them.  … [Read more...] about Humanitarians First: Alight Pakistan 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

    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

    Community-Led Coronavirus Response in Nakivale Refugee Settlement

    The people we serve have the best ideas for how to solve this... At Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee), community connection is at the heart of what we do. We believe that everyone has a gift to give. That we live in an abundant world, filled with amazing people who want to help. And  that the people in the very communities we serve have the best ideas to change their world for the better.  … [Read more...] about Community-Led Coronavirus Response in Nakivale Refugee Settlement

    Resources: In Our Hands

    United Against Covid Alight, in partnership with IDEO.org, has developed a set of health messages to fight COVID-19 (in accordance with WHO guidelines). These materials are available for anyone to use. Look below to find them available in several languages and click the links to download the materials. … [Read more...] about Resources: In Our Hands

    Sisters on the Frontlines

    Partnering with Catholic Sisters to fight COVID-19 Around the Globe Did you know there’s a network of 700,000 Catholic Sisters around the world, many of them on the frontlines of COVID-19? Nuns have a long history of standing alongside some of the most vulnerable communities during times of great need, doing the doable to protect them as fiercely as they can. Recognizing the unique power of this Sisterhood, we began our work with Sisters in El Salvador and at the border in 2018 under the Color Movement initiative. Now, in this unprecedented moment, we’re helping them protect the people they serve all over the world. And, we’re working to keep them safe through virtual emergency planning sessions and trainings - so they can keep going. … [Read more...] about Sisters on the Frontlines

    #OurKitchenTable

    In these unprecedented times, millions of us find ourselves working from our kitchen tables. We have been told to socially isolate to protect the most vulnerable in our communities. At #OURKITCHENTABLE we know that stopping the virus doesn’t take social isolation – it takes physical isolation. Social isolation is the last thing we want – in living memory there has never been a time where social contact has been more important. The COVID-19 pandemic poses problems that we cannot solve by ourselves, but when we band together around the kitchen table, we unleash our individual and community abundance to address the unprecedented global crisis we are now facing.    COVID-19 has reignited community from behind our computer screens. We have banded together to organize lifesaving support to those no longer able to leave their homes, whether that be a trip to the grocery story, or a daily check-in with the most isolated.  We are a global community united at our kitchen tables. Whilst we … [Read more...] about #OurKitchenTable

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