Our Vision
Disrupting poverty through empowerment, not simply “charity.”
Alalusi Foundation’s projects have had a very wide range; the common focus has been seeding programs with the potential for long-term, “leveraged” impact.
We seek to give empowerment, not handouts — to provide people the tools and resources to resolve their own problems, employing the “teach a man to fish” principle.
In all our projects, every penny donated goes straight to the project designated. Not a cent goes to overhead, expenses, or salaries. Our donors and sponsors can rest assured that their contributions are fully serving the causes they believe in.
Two examples
What empowerment looks like on the ground.
Refugee women in Jordan were dependent on UN handouts for food, shelter, and clothing. We gave them sewing machines and bolts of cloth. Within weeks they were making garments for sale — no longer dependent on handouts.
Jordan · Livelihood Program
In China, the poorest families in a village were each given four sheep, with an agreement to keep them well — but keep everything they produced. Sheep bear twins; four sheep in winter become twelve by fall, twenty-four the next year. Soon these families could donate four sheep to another.
China · Livestock Program
See where this philosophy is at work today.
From orphan care in Iraq to solar wells in Afghanistan, every project below follows the same principle: give people the means, and they will build the rest.
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