Albania from 1993
LightForce International has worked to renovate health centres and schools and provided medical equipment, hospital beds and tables and chairs for schools. There has been the distribution of cows and pigs to members of the population. Fire engines and ambulances have been supplied to the local authority and police. Emergency supplies including food aid, blankets and clothing have been distributed to 1000’s of people. Assistance has been given to develop income generation projects. A pilot project for sustainable farming ran for 5 years. In Lezhe, northern Albania the LightForce Centre has provided camp facilities for 100’s of children each year since the turn of the century.

Kosova Crisis 1999
LightForce International was able to send 70 trucks of essential aid to Albania and Kosova. From the LightForce Centre in Albania agricultural equipment, cows and sheep were donated to the victims of the ethnic cleansing carried out by Milosevic’s regime. Income generation was encouraged through the donation of a complete sewing plant to one local community. In the early stages 65 houses were constructed for those returnees from Albania who found their homes destroyed and needed shelter – others were given tents.

Asian Tsumani 2003
Vital resources were procured for Tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India through our partners on the ground. Emergency supplies were followed by house construction and assistance to fishermen enabling them to begin their livelihood again.

Uganda 2004 to date
Partnering with World Food programme, Unicef and implementing projects for Memisa, Belgium with funding from the Belgian government LightForce International has established itself as a key actor in assisting the population. First by providing food aid as part of a social support programme to 5,500 orphans and vulnerable children and then assisting the return process as displaced people moved home LightForce International has distributed 1000’s of tons of vital aid – tarpaulins, blankets, clothing, mosquito nets, cooking pots, tents, soap, buckets, jerry cans & bowls to name a few commodities. Also active in education through monitoring schools, LightForce International has been involved in construction and repair of classrooms and toilets as well as the provision of uniforms and school resources. The Health sector has also benefited through the repair of 20 health units by the end of 2007 as well as provision of vital equipment and drugs.

Northern Uganda Floods
8,380 households benefited from LightForce International intervention in partnership with Unicef in September & October 2007. Unseasonal rains led to over 90,000 families in Lira District being affected. Amongst the first to respond, LightForce International trucks and team members moved, against immense logistical challenges, to provide help to the worst affected. Warm clothing & blankets along with jerry cans, soap, mosquito nets and water purification tablets were core items amongst the tons of aid supplied.