Alongside Hope Resilience Fund
Alongside Hope is responding to the urgent needs of many of our partners who have been affected by cuts to international aid.
In the wake of massive cuts to international development assistance by the U.S. Government and some European governments, Alongside Hope partners are reporting that progress is being undone, programs are being forced to shut down, and families and communities are living in uncertainty about their futures.
The damage is staggering. We cannot possibly fill all the gaps, but to maintain as many vital programs as possible, Alongside Hope is launching an urgent appeal to donors. Your support of the “Resilience Fund” will allow Alongside Hope to provide partners with additional support for refugees, HIV-related needs and for women recovering from gender-based-violence. Thanks to an extremely generous anonymous donor, all donations made to the Resilience Fund by June 30, 2025 will be matched, up to $250,000.
Watch the launch webinar
Alongside Hope staff share the impacts USAID cuts are having on our partners, what Alongside Hope is doing to respond, and how you can advocate for our partners and the importance of international aid in this election season and beyond.
How you can help
- Please pray for everyone who is affected by these devastating funding cuts.
- Donate to the Resilience Fund online, or by phone at 1-866-308-7973. Or you can mail a cheque to Alongside Hope, 80 Hayden Street, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada, M4Y 3G2. Please indicate “Resilience Fund” in the memo field.
- Write the candidates running for election in your federal riding. At our webinar on April 2 (see above) you will learn more about questions to ask. Check out our Letter Builder and Advocacy Tools.
- Share this Emergency Appeal leaflet with your parish.
Alongside Hope partners affected by cuts to international aid include:
Tanzania
Families supported by Church World Service who were preparing for a new life in the United States and had already left the Nyarugushu Refugee camp and given away their possessions were forced to return to the camp with nothing, their dreams of resettlement shattered with the suspension of the US Refugee Resettlement Program.
Burundi
- Cuts to USAID led to a supply shortfall for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) with Village Health Works
- With Alongside Hope funds, VHW will build locally produced RUTF to prevent and treat childhood malnutrition.
Kenya
- Children are already missing life-saving anti-retroviral medications. And their caregivers are no longer receiving vital support.
- 42 staff at National Council of Churches Kenya who were providing youth mentorship programming and support for school fees have been laid off, affecting 8,000 youth and 8,000 orphans and vulnerable children.
- Children are no longer able to attend school.
Mozambique
A five-year program with partner EHALE that was improving maternal health services and access to health care for young mothers was forced to shut down.
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Plans for a program with the Panzi Foundation that would have brought dignity to women recovering from gender-based violence have been shelved.
Haiti
Medical services and referrals for community members working with Rayjon Share Care are not being provided due to cuts to hospitals that had been receiving USAID supplies.
