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What (who) is Alight - definition

INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT, NONSECTARIAN ORGANIZATION
American Refugee Committee
  • alt=Thick white binders in a cubicle, three people are visible, exposed brick walls
  • Cambodian medics trained by Alight at [[Nong Samet Refugee Camp]], May 1984
  • Alight's Outpatient Dept. 1, [[Nong Samet Refugee Camp]], May 1984

alight         
v. n.
1.
Stop or rest (after flight), perch, drop, settle, lodge.
2.
Dismount, descend, get down.
Alight         
·vi To come or chance (upon).
II. Alight ·adj Lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
III. Alight ·vi To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.
IV. Alight ·vi To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to Dismount.
alight         
alight1
¦ verb
1. (of a bird) descend from the air and settle.
2. formal descend from public transport.
3. (alight on) chance to notice.
Origin
OE alihtan, from a- (as an intensifier) + lihtan 'descend' (see light3).
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alight2
¦ adverb & adjective
1. on fire.
2. shining brightly.
Origin
ME: prob. from the phr. on a light (= lighted) fire.

Wikipedia

Alight

Alight, formerly the American Refugee Committee (ARC), is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years.

In 2011, Alight helped nearly 2.5 million people get essential services to regain their health and take back control of their lives. Alight works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to communities of refugees and internally displaced persons in seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe, including Iraq, Kosovo, and in the Darfur region of Sudan and is currently providing for emergency relief and recovery in Haiti. Alight provides shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training, microcredit education, and protection to help survivors of war and natural disasters to rebuild their lives with dignity, health care, security, and self-sufficiency.

Examples of use of Alight
1. Richard Lambert, director general of the CBI, said: "The Chancellor didn‘t set the Thames alight, but then he didn‘t have anything to set it alight with.
2. She had been doused in accelerant before being set alight.
3. Cars were set alight and fireworks thrown at police.
4. So they all alight upon social enterprise as the answer.
5. Has Greece been set alight by property developers?