PUBLICATIONS
PROJECTS
Filipe Jacinto Nyusi Community Centre
Dates: April 2026 – July 2026
Funder: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Location: Mocímboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Chosen by the community itself through a participatory process, this new multi-purpose centre gives the Filipe Jacinto Nyusi community — in a district where displaced families are steadily returning home — a single building for meetings, first aid, and public life, in place of services that had been scattered or absent. A covered veranda provides shaded space for larger gatherings, breeze-block screens keep the rooms naturally ventilated, and an accessible ramp runs the length of the entrance so the centre serves everyone, including older residents and people with reduced mobility.
Rapid Infrastructure Project
Dates: 2022 - 2023
Funder: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Location: Palma, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Working with IOM Mozambique under the Rapid Intervention Programme, ALPS delivered small infrastructure prioritised by communities across Palma district: four water wells with hand pumps serving 4,000 people, the rehabilitation of Boa Viagem Primary School, and four community meeting halls. Construction was carried out through a cash for work programme that employed 93 local residents and returnees.
Borehole Rehabilitation, Chiure District
Dates: 2026 – present
Funder: Save the Children
Location: Namogelia, Marrere and Halaka, Chiure, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Chiure sits in southern Cabo Delgado and has taken in large numbers of families displaced by the conflict further north, putting heavy pressure on the water points communities already relied on. Working in partnership with Save the Children, ALPS is rehabilitating six boreholes fitted with Afridev handpumps across three communities: Namogelia, Marrere and Halaka. Each borehole is assessed, the pump dismantled and worn components replaced, the concrete apron and drainage rebuilt, and the water disinfected and tested before the point goes back into community use.
The Afridev is a village level pump, so communities can handle routine maintenance themselves with basic tools and locally available spares. ALPS recruits labour from the communities being served, which puts income into the villages during the works and leaves practical handpump repair experience behind once they finish. Work is progressing borehole by borehole, with each pump returned to service as its works are completed.
Dates: 2016 - 2021
Funders: United States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migrants; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Locations: Western Cape and Gauteng, South Africa
Since 2016, ALPS has worked in partnership with the Somali Association of South Africa (SASA) to promote integration and increase self-reliance amongst Somali refugees and asylum seekers living in the Western Cape and Gauteng. Over the past three years, ALPS has successfully applied a community-based approach to deliver classes, referrals, and workshops to over 6000 beneficiaries a year.
Muxara Public Space, Pemba
Dates: March 2026 – present
Funder: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Location: Muxara neighbourhood, Pemba City, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Pemba's peri urban neighbourhoods have grown quickly as families displaced by the conflict in northern Cabo Delgado have settled there, and open public space is scarce. In partnership with IOM, ALPS is building a community space in Muxara that brings several uses onto one site: a covered pavilion for events and gatherings, shaded tiered seating, multi use fields, garden benches, and solar powered lighting so the space stays usable after dark without adding a running cost for the community.
Construction is carried out by ALPS Constructions using labour drawn from the neighbourhood itself. The pavilion is reached by steps and a full length accessible ramp with steel railings, so the space is open to older residents and people with reduced mobility. Structures are complete and final works are underway, with handover to the community and local authorities expected in the coming weeks.
OUR PROJECTS
Dates: 2018 - 2019
Funder: US Department of State
Location: Hermanus, Western Cape
In September 2018, the US Department of State provided ALPS with funding for emergency humanitarian assistance in Zwelihle, Hermanus after protests resulted in large-scale looting and displacement of foreign nationals. Zwelihle had already been selected by ALPS as a priority site for the P2P Dialogues project, which made ALPS an ideal candidate to provide support and assistance. The combined funding from USAID and US DOS will allow for a two-pronged approach of social cohesion programming and humanitarian assistance.
Dates: September 2018
Funder: US Consulate General Cape Town; U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
In September 2018, the U.S. Consular General of Cape Town and ALPS Resilience co-hosted a workshop on religious freedom, religious intolerance, xenophobia, and social cohesion. Participants included a U.S. delegation from the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security. South African government officials were also in attendance, including Hon John Jeffery, MP, Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.
People to People Dialogues
Dates: 2018 - 2019
Funder: USAID
Locations: Western Cape, Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and North West Provinces
During the xenophobic violence that affected the Western Cape in 2017 and 2018, ALPS identified a need for deeper dialogue between locals and foreign nationals. With USAID support, ALPS and the Safety and Violence Initiative at the University of Cape Town ran community dialogues across five provinces over 15 months, building mutual understanding, trust and resilient social ties.