ABOUT US
OUR MISSION
ALPS Resilience is committed to helping communities in fragile, conflict and post-conflict regions.
ALPS Resilience was founded in 2015 to serve communities negatively impacted by conflict and displacement by designing custom interventions that focus on empowering communities and preventing violence.
Today, our organisation supports a comprehensive resilience programme with projects in violence prevention, in particular violent extremism. ALPS Resilience is currently implementing projects in Mozambique and Ukraine, with headquarters based in South Africa. We are gradually realigning to increase our infrastructure support to fragile communities.
OUR AREAS OF FOCUS
Water & Sanitation
We design, build and rehabilitate water systems — solar towers, boreholes, handpumps, fountains and school sanitation — self-delivered by our own teams. In Palma District alone we have reached over 100,000 people.
Community Infrastructure
We build the shared spaces communities need to function — meeting halls, community centres, public squares, markets, schools and health facilities — constructed directly by our own Mozambican teams. In places recovering from conflict, permanent civic space signals that normal life has returned.
Humanitarian Response
In conflict-affected environments, delivery itself is the hard part. We provide the fleet, security and operational presence that let UN agencies reach communities others can't — and deploy rapid relief and mine-risk education when crises demand it.
How do we define RESILIENCE?
Resilience refers to a community's ability to withstand or recover from adverse situations, be it environmental disaster, conflict or displacement. From our experience in the field, we treat resilience as the critical lens through which we plan, deliver and measure our work. Alongside the infrastructure we build, we invest in the human dimension of resilience — psychological recovery, social cohesion and self-reliance — from canine-assisted therapy for war-affected children in Ukraine to programmes that help people rebuild their lives.
Locally led in every country we work
ALPS Resilience is a locally-led organisation working in fragile and conflict-affected settings. In every country we operate we register as a national entity, and our teams are made up entirely of national staff — so the capacity we build stays where it is needed. We are a Ukrainian national NGO in Ukraine, a registered NGO in South Africa, and in Mozambique a registered NGO that also operates its own licensed construction company. That construction company — ALPS Constructions, Lda — lets ALPS self-deliver water systems, schools, health and community facilities to professional contractor standard, rather than subcontracting to third parties. It is a ring-fenced company with its own governance; grant funds are never cross-subsidised, and any surplus is reinvested into our mission. The result is tighter control of quality, cost and timelines — and more of every dollar reaching the communities we serve.
OUR TEAM
Phoebe Sibomana
Phoebe provides administrative support to the ALPS team. She holds an honours in community development studies from the University of the Western Cape. She comes with years of experience in working within non-profit organisations. She hopes to use her skills and experience to further ALPS's mission.
Dave Bax
Dave has over thirty years of experience in crisis recovery, particularly in program development and explosives management, including in high-risk areas and ongoing conflict zones. Before founding ALPS Resilience, Dave worked extensively in field missions for the United Nations in Somalia, Israel and Gaza, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Bosnia.
Dave Bax
Director (SA)
James van der Merwe
James oversees all financial matters at ALPS and an integral member of the team. He is a qualified and experienced financial manager who offers a wealth of experience from the corporate sector, spanning almost twenty years. His knowledge and skills in NGO finance, HR management, and risk management are an asset to ALPS.
James van der Merwe
Financial Manager (SA)
Victor Sapong​
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Victor joined the ALPS team to focus on issues relating to preventing violent extremism in Africa. He recently completed his honours degree in International Studies, and is currently a Masters candidate in Security and African Studies at the Military Academy of Stellenbosch University. His research interests include the linkages between security and development, countering violent extremism, and crisis and security management.
Victor Sapong
Grants Manager (INT)
Jonathan Chawa
Administration and Human Resources (MZ)
Antonio Malembe
Research and Projects Implementation Manager (MZ)
Liubomyr Syrota
Project Assistant (UKR)
Oleh Stoiev
Country Director (UKR)
Vadym Bratchykov
Project Assistant (UKR)
Oleksandra Kartvelishvili
M.E.A.L. Officer (UKR)
Anton Levtushok
Project Coordinator (UKR)
Ulyana Stadnikova
Project Assistant (UKR)
Nadiia Bobrova
Head of Fin and Admin (UKR)
