Our Projects
Our work is driven by one word and that word is love - love for our merciful Creator and for the most vulnerable of His creation, the orphans. Our mission is to build beautiful homes and futures for them, focusing on areas that are affected by natural disaster, poverty and war. We began with one home in Aceh, Indonesia supporting 50 orphans and now we are in 11 countries impacting/building the lives of almost 1000 children.
Be the Light
We believe that there is light in every human heart. Many supporters have come up with their own ideas to help generate awareness and funds for our cause. Manifest your own light in a way that brings joy and satisfaction to your heart - you too can be a GiveLighter.
Donate Now
Your contribution will enable us to provide the best education, a loving family and a place where children can grow with a strong sense of identity and belonging. Even a little bit goes a long way: $50 pays for a month of school, $100 provides a special dinner for the entire home, $360 sponsors a child's meal for the whole year. All proceeds go to the initiative of your choosing.
Dian Alyan, CEO/Founder
Successful career in Procter Gamble managing many of its global brands. Lost 40 of her relatives and friends during the tsunami. This personal loss compelled her to establish GiveLight Foundation with the mission to help orphans globally. Today, GiveLight is supporting close to 1000 orphans in 11 countries. Recipient of several humanitarian awards and a Public speaker. Appeared on Television, Magazine and Radio Talk in Indonesia.
Story of Dian Alyan
Founder of GiveLight
A vision to rebuild a future emerged just a few weeks after the December 26, 2004 Asia Tsunami. Our first home in Aceh, Indonesia became a reality only a year later and it serves as a sanctuary for children traumatized by that tragedy. We have been expanding globally ever since, reaching Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Morocco and more. Join us in our efforts to give light and love to as many children around the globe as possible.
Jeans & Set Gala
It’s always wonderful when a group of intelligent, hard-working, purposeful women can come together for an important cause. It’s even more excellent when the dress code calls for them to wear their favorite pair of jeans and don their most impressive jewels for a dazzling night of fun for all the right reasons. The enigma behind the Jeans and Set (Jewels) Gala held on Saturday February 22, 2020 in Rancho Cucamonga, California was epic.
Warm Hugs in Mexico
Khadija Harsolia is one of our long time supporters who is also one of our team leads for our GiveLight SoCal chapter. Khadija and eleven other team members of GiveLight and Dian visited an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico for our Books of Light project in October of 2018. Last year, when we did our Warm Hugs campaign, she and two volunteers went to hand deliver the jackets. Below is her account.
Travel & Purpose
Yosra Mojaddidy is a long term friend and supporter of GiveLight. Last fall, she and her husband were traveling to Istanbul and they decided to visit our children. We are very grateful for their support and generosity. Below is their account.
Creative Ways to Give
Change. Change can come in a variety of forms. Like an ocean wave wiping the shore clean, change can be swift and transformative, or like a cool breeze rustling through the leaves on a tree, change can be calm and gradual. This past year, several incredible women chose to look past their own circumstances and impart change on the world around them. They used the vast and varied skills and resources at their disposal to help ease the lives of children most in need, and with the message of GiveLight planted firmly in their hearts, found their own unique ways to create everlasting and transformative change.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Due to the rising concerns and risk of the COVID-19 exposure and spread, we have decided to postpone our upcoming events. We will announce the new date insha'Allah once the danger is subsided and things are back to normal. May God protect us all.
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Employee Matching
Special thanks to the following companies supporting GiveLight Foundation through their employee match program: Abbott, Adobe, AllState, American Express, Applied Material, Boeing, Cisco, Clorox, Dell, Disney, eBay, Elrepco, ePocrates, GE, Global Impact, Google, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intuit, Juniper, Just Give, Kaiser Permanente, LinkedIn, Mentor Graphics, Microsoft, Netflix, Network for Good, Nintendo, Nvidia, Oracle, OF Foundation, Orange County Community, Qualcomm, Salesforce, SAP, SEI Giving Fund, ServiceNow, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Silver Lake Technology, Synopsys, Tenet Healthcare, The Benevity, TMobile, Toyota Motor Foundation, Twitter, United Way, VISA, VMware, Wells Fargo and Yahoo.
Your employer may match too! Find out how.
Our Address
GiveLight Foundation
1879 Lundy Avenue
Suite 226
San Jose, CA 95131
Contact Us
408-809-5798