Our Projects
Our work is driven by the altruistic love for our merciful Creator and the desire to help vulnerable orphans around the world. We build beautiful homes and futures for them, focusing on areas that are affected by natural disasters, poverty, and war. We began with one home in Indonesia and are now in 11 countries, supporting more than 1,000 children.
Be the Light
There is light in every human’s heart. Manifest your own light for the benefit of our children. Become one of many GiveLighters to help generate awareness and funds for our mission.
Donate Now
Your contribution enables us to provide a loving family, the best education, and a place to call home. $30 pays for a month of warm meals, $50 pays for clothes and tuition, $100 provides a special dinner or outing, $1,000 fully supports a child the whole year. You decide the level of your investment in a child's life.
Ramadan Kareem
During these unprecedented times, our GiveLight family wholeheartedly prays for the well-being of your family. We also like to share that children in all of our homes are safe and healthy.
To update you on our progress, GiveLight is currently serving over 1,000 children in 11 countries across the globe. Served over 800,000 meals and distributed 17,500 blankets to Syrian orphans and refugees in Turkey, over 1,200 jackets in Amman to give warmth during cold and harsh winters. Many of our children have graduated from university, married, have children of their own, starting their own businesses and stepping into the next phase of their lives.
This Ramadan, let us race to do more for Allah (SWT), following the footsteps of our own beloved Prophet (SAWS), who himself was an orphan and then elevated to become the best of His creation. On behalf of everyone at the GiveLight Family, I wish you a safe, healthy and blessed Ramadan. May Allah embrace you with His divine light and mercy.
2019 Annual Report
Our 2019 Annual Report has been released! We are now celebrating 15 years of giving! Please share in our joy by reading through all our accomplishments in the last year. Click here
to view.
Front-end Web Developer
We are currently seeking a part-time Front-end Web Developer (15-20 hrs/week) to join our in-house marketing team.
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.
Layla's Delicacies
Just in time for Ramadan, we are happy to announce a delicious partnership with Layla's Delicacies!
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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Family Bike Ride!
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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 more than 1,000 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.
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, Medallia, 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