In early 2020, Alison launched the course Coronavirus – What You Need to Know, to help the world combat the Covid-19 pandemic by informing people about the virus and teaching them how to best protect themselves. To make sure that no one was excluded from accessing possibly life-saving information, Alison committed to translating the course into as many languages as possible.
To achieve this ambitious goal, we reached out to our community of Learners, seeking volunteers willing to use their language skills to help translate the course and spread important information on Coronavirus.
Thanks to the incredible uptake from Alison graduates, Coronavirus – What You Need to Know was translated into 60 languages!
At Alison, we were overwhelmed by the goodwill, enthusiasm and solidarity with which our Learners responded to the pandemic. We’d like to thank all of our translators who played their part in spreading free learning that has helped save lives.
Volunteer Team
Gold Volunteers
| Name | Language |
| Charles Abrahams | Afrikaans |
| Soela Qirjo | Albanian |
| Robel Mekonnen | Amharic |
| Mosaab Eltahir | Arabic |
| Annesha Kar Gupta | Bengali |
| Željko Babić | Bosnian |
| Ko Nyi | Burmese |
| Xavier Solavera | Catalan |
| Andy Ho | Chinese |
| Iva Stipetic | Croatian |
| Tomáš Kubašta | Czech |
| Patrick Makono | Chichewa |
| Anga Koko | Chinese |
| Matthew Lowe | Dutch |
| Matilde Josela Acol | Tagalog |
| Spyridon Michael Evangelou | Greek |
| Anastasios Gerasimatos | Greek |
| Ashvin Ambaliya | Gujarati |
| Thomas L Dugue | Haitian Creole |
| Seidu Iddrisu | Hausa |
| Ahmad Mohammad | Hausa |
| Grace Naschtz | Hebrew |
| Faiyaz Alam | Hindi |
| Piroska Kalovits | Hungarian |
| Reward Emeka | Igbo |
| Zoe Seoleui Lee | Korean |
| Hazhan Nuri | Kurdish |
| Dldar Adil | Kurdish |
| Dekan Amin | Kurdish |
| Snur Rostam | Kurdish |
| Bryar Ghafoor | Kurdish |
| Eglė Šerutytė | Lithuanian |
| Perica Stojkovski | Macedonian |
| Aleksandra Sardjoska | Macedonian |
| Aniket Kapade | Marathi |
| Guru Mainali | Nepali |
| Tariqur Rehman | Pashto |
| Parisa Ahmadi | Persian |
| Saman Bolourian | Persian |
| Gold Gilbert | Pidgin |
| Rishi Kumar | Punjabi |
| Adina Stan | Romanian |
| Cristina Teleptean | Romanian |
| Marija Basaric | Serbian |
| Katarina Patic | Serbian |
| Lerato Matsoso | Sesotho |
| Bishop Scholastica | Sesotho |
| Meagreton Kuhudzai | Shona |
| Sumudu Upatissa | Sinhala |
| Adrian A. Biondi | Spanish |
| Margarita Labarca | Spanish |
| Michael Dannish | Sudanese |
| Naomi Cheroti Muyira Mitango | Swahili |
| Constancia Ishengoma | Swahili |
| George Andayi | Swahili |
| Renuka Ramasamy | Tamil |
| Aroof Shaik Rahaman | Telugu |
| Noi Explorer | Thai |
| Ozge Altunbas | Turkish |
| Sevinch Insay | Turkish |
| Nataliia Sergieieva | Ukrainian |
| Fiza Javed | Urdu |
| Maaz Rashid | Urdu |
| Ngoc Anh Do Nguyen | Vietnamese |
| Eurika Mogane | Zulu |
Silver Volunteers
| Name | Language |
| Leon de Beer | Afrikaans |
| Gerhard Nortje | Afrikaans |
| Lusi Callo | Albanian |
| Ira Terpollari | Albanian |
| Fekadu Assefa | Amharic |
| Dereje Geleta Negera | Amharic |
| Khulood Fadhl | Arabic |
| Ashraf Shehada | Arabic |
| Chawanangwa Gondwe | Chichewa |
| Blessings Chitedze | Chichewa |
| Yobe Lusare | Chichewa |
| Adeola Lambo | Chinese |
| Marjorie Mamañgun | Tagalog |
| Jaime Olmos | Tagalog |
| Eric Ken | French |
| Diane Feeney | French |
| Leonard Ndede Kamte | French |
| Fancois Xavier Ngouola | French |
| Mamane Boubakar | French |
| Lao Abalo Badjo | French |
| Rose-Carlette Aurélien | French |
| Alexandra Chagniot | French |
| Vasilis-Ilarion Kampas | Greek |
| Hasita Oza | Gujarati |
| Joan Dor | Haitian Creole |
| Ahmed Abdulrahman | Hausa |
| Sarah Williams | Hausa |
| Yusuf Ishaya | Hausa |
| Charles Mugu | Hausa |
| Sasmita Maurya | Hindi |
| Innocent Kenneth | Igbo |
| Chioma Okereke | Igbo |
| Johannes Bambang Wirawan | Indonesian |
| Marina Montalbano | Italian |
| Haruka Kokaze | Japanese |
| Girija Joshi | Marathi |
| Lkhagvanyam Nyamdavaa | Mongolian |
| Chisom Chukwudolue | Pidgin |
| Antonia Silaghi | Romanian |
| Dmitry Nikolin | Russian |
| Luba Gladkova | Russian |
| Ivana Milosavljevic | Russian |
| Wilfred Chirwa | Shona |
| Rotina Mafume | Shona |
| Simbarashe Manondwani | Shona |
| Elliot Mashumba | Shona |
| Maja Jancekova | Slovak |
| Hassan Yonis Atteyeh | Somali |
| Samiya Abdi | Somali |
| Vivian Arzola | Spanish |
| Ana Cardenas | Spanish |
| Johana Díaz | Spanish |
| Perla Jones | Spanish |
| Wida Rahma Fauzia Sambas | Sudanese |
| Simon Kariuki | Swahili |
| Venkatesan Iyer | Tamil |
| Ramya Reddy | Telugu |
| Veerendra U | Telugu |
| Dijvar Özen | Turkish |
| Nataliia Khorunzha | Ukrainian |
| Anatolii Horchuk | Ukrainian |
| Iryna Vorontsova | Ukrainian |
| Tayaba Khan | Urdu |
| Yawar Hassan Khan | Urdu |
| Sobia Mushtaq | Urdu |
| Mosunmola Ajewole | Yoruba |
| Ifeoluwa Ijiyera | Yoruba |
| Moh’d-Sabit Lawal | Yoruba |
| Olamide Aluko | Yoruba |
| Afolake Babafemi | Yoruba |
| Temitayo Olisa | Yoruba |
| Paul Owolabi | Yoruba |
Bronze Volunteers
| Name | Language |
| Leon de Beer | Afrikaans |
| Gerhard Nortje | Afrikaans |
| Lusi Callo | Albanian |
| Ira Terpollari | Albanian |
| Fekadu Assefa | Amharic |
| Dereje Geleta Negera | Amharic |
| Khulood Fadhl | Arabic |
| Ashraf Shehada | Arabic |
| Chawanangwa Gondwe | Chichewa |
| Blessings Chitedze | Chichewa |
| Yobe Lusare | Chichewa |
| Adeola Lambo | Chinese |
| Marjorie Mamañgun | Tagalog |
| Jaime Olmos | Tagalog |
| Eric Ken | French |
| Diane Feeney | French |
| Leonard Ndede Kamte | French |
| Fancois Xavier Ngouola | French |
| Mamane Boubakar | French |
| Lao Abalo Badjo | French |
| Rose-Carlette Aurélien | French |
| Alexandra Chagniot | French |
| Vasilis-Ilarion Kampas | Greek |
| Hasita Oza | Gujarati |
| Joan Dor | Haitian Creole |
| Ahmed Abdulrahman | Hausa |
| Sarah Williams | Hausa |
| Yusuf Ishaya | Hausa |
| Charles Mugu | Hausa |
| Sasmita Maurya | Hindi |
| Innocent Kenneth | Igbo |
| Chioma Okereke | Igbo |
| Johannes Bambang Wirawan | Indonesian |
| Marina Montalbano | Italian |
| Haruka Kokaze | Japanese |
| Girija Joshi | Marathi |
| Lkhagvanyam Nyamdavaa | Mongolian |
| Chisom Chukwudolue | Pidgin |
| Antonia Silaghi | Romanian |
| Dmitry Nikolin | Russian |
| Luba Gladkova | Russian |
| Ivana Milosavljevic | Russian |
| Wilfred Chirwa | Shona |
| Rotina Mafume | Shona |
| Simbarashe Manondwani | Shona |
| Elliot Mashumba | Shona |
| Maja Jancekova | Slovak |
| Hassan Yonis Atteyeh | Somali |
| Samiya Abdi | Somali |
| Vivian Arzola | Spanish |
| Ana Cardenas | Spanish |
| Johana Díaz | Spanish |
| Perla Jones | Spanish |
| Wida Rahma Fauzia Sambas | Sudanese |
| Simon Kariuki | Swahili |
| Venkatesan Iyer | Tamil |
| Ramya Reddy | Telugu |
| Veerendra U | Telugu |
| Dijvar Özen | Turkish |
| Nataliia Khorunzha | Ukrainian |
| Anatolii Horchuk | Ukrainian |
| Iryna Vorontsova | Ukrainian |
| Tayaba Khan | Urdu |
| Yawar Hassan Khan | Urdu |
| Sobia Mushtaq | Urdu |
| Mosunmola Ajewole | Yoruba |
| Ifeoluwa Ijiyera | Yoruba |
| Moh’d-Sabit Lawal | Yoruba |
| Olamide Aluko | Yoruba |
| Afolake Babafemi | Yoruba |
| Temitayo Olisa | Yoruba |
| Paul Owolabi | Yoruba |





