Banda Aceh in Indonesia suffered catastrophic damage as a result of the tsunami that struck on the 26th of December in 2004. GiveLight Foundation came into existence with the hope of helping the orphans of the tsunami. Today we have 40 children in our first home, some of whom have graduated and are on their way to college. We are also sponsoring 20 more children who are living with poor relatives or single mothers. Nestled in Takengon, a beautiful lake resort town in Aceh, Indonesia is our very first built orphanage called "Yayasan Noordeen". Noordeen Foundation is home to 50 boys and girls. We also sponsor over 100 orphans in an orphanage in Banda Aceh and Meulaboh. More about the program: http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/indonesia.html

In Athulugama, an hour from Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, stands our beautiful GiveLight Home. In partnership with AAM Marleen Foundation, we built this sanctuary for 60-75 children. The complex also has a free medical clinic, a vocational training center, community services hall, and a mosque. The architect who designed this home is renowned in Sri Lanka and he put so much love into this work. Dian spent a blessed time with our kids in summer 2014. Please read her account here. More about the program: http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/sri-lanka.html

Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world. Dian, founder of GiveLight Foundation, traveled to the region in 2008 and her visit reinforced the great need there. We started by helping a struggling orphanage for 300 boys, run by a trusted and well known family in Dhaka. The second stage of our efforts involved the completion of a home for girls, through a partnership with the Bay Area Bangladeshi community.GiveLight Foundation has built ten new bathrooms for an orphanage near Dhaka that houses 300 kids. We are able to sponsor a dinner meal for the children at the orphanage every day. We plan to build a new orphanage as soon as we are able to work out the logistics.

After the earthquake in Nepal, earlier this year, we felt compelled to help children who were left behind. With your generosity, we have already started sponsoring 10 children this past January. More about this program: http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/nepal.html

"Noordeen Home", our first in the country of Cambodia was built and we opened its doors to 50 children at the end of 2013. The donated land is amidst two hectares of rubber plantations in the beautiful Toulsombo village of Kampong Champ Province of Cambodia. More about this orphanage: http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/cambodia.html

Our home in Morocco is nearing completion! Help us get to the finish line! With many of our successful projects in Asia, the idea to reach out to the orphan children in Africa was born in 2011. We started with an idea to help in Sudan after the Darfour crisis but was not able to find a credible partner on the ground. Then Morocco came into the picture through personal connections of our team members. Below you can read the story of how our dream is now shaping into a reality in Morocco. More about the program: http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/morocco.html

Around Thanksgiving 2015, we decided to launch a campaign to help Syrian orphans in Turkey. What began as a project with a goal of raising $20,000 for 2000 blankets turned into the most successful online campaign of our 10-year history! After her visit to Istanbul to distribute thousands of blankets, where she met hundreds of orphans and refugees, our founder Dian Alyan decided to do something more. GiveLight plans to sponsor 100 Syrian orphan refugees to attend school. Below are the projects’ details. More about this program: http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/turkey.html

Our work in Afghanistan to support orphaned children in need, started late 2009, through a partnership with a trustworthy organization called Omeid International. We currently have eleven boys, six of whom are in 9th grade and five in 8th grade. http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/afghanistan.html

Devastation hit northern Pakistan and Kashmir due to a massive earthquake in October of 2005. GiveLight Foundation joined hands with a local non-profit to build a home for orphan girls in Rawalpindi. Additionally we also sponsor 160 orphans in the affected area of Kashmir. Our second home is in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for the orphans of the 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan/Kashmir. The home is truly a state of the art facility with all the basic rooms of a house plus classrooms, libraries, playground. This is a joint project with Saba Trust whose founder Saghir Aslam shares our passion of helping orphaned children. Currently we have 30 girls and the capacity is for 50 children. We also sponsor 130 additional orphans in Kashmir area. They live with their guardians and we are providing financial help to ensure they have food, shelter and all they need to pursue good education. http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/pakistan.html

The Bay Area is one of the most affluent areas of our nation. One would think that there is no poverty, nor orphans, here. Unfortunately, there are many needy children who need help, and some are orphans who were introduced to GiveLight by our own supporters. We provide them with scholarships, mentors, and various enrichment activities, such as trips to see snow, dining out, and picnics at the beach.GiveLight Foundation sponsors 13 orphans who reside in the Bay Area of California. They are orphans who came from overseas as refugees. We took them under our wings by giving them a better education and providing social support. http://www.givelight.org/our-projects/bay-area.html