Monthly Archives: August 2016

“Two days after that visit, war blew up in Gaza and days later, Yousef’s neighbourhood was hit when a ceasefire was announced for few hours I went to visit and was shocked as I could not recognize the area. “Everything had changed. Massive destruction was everywhere – damaged houses, destroyed sewage networks, severed electricity wires, […]

For World Humanitarian Day we’re paying tribute to our humanitarian heroes in the field. As a child welfare officer Sambou Camara helps vulnerable orphans in Mali, providing financial and psychological support. In his previous role as a social assistant he was tasked with going door-to-door, making sure each orphan in the sponsorship programme was visited […]

Altogether, 1,500 meters of canals have been constructed, 1,180 meters of secondary canals built and 385 meters of old canals rehabilitated. In total, 120 hectares of land previously not used is now being irrigated thanks to this initiative. Farmers had 25 hectares of land being irrigated before the intervention, now they have 145 hectares of […]

For World Humanitarian Day we’re paying tribute to our humanitarian heroes in the field. Semir Velija Kukuruzović was one of our very first members of staff in Bosnia and Herzegovina when we originally started working there in 1992 as war had just begun. Three years in, food supplies had dwindled and the people of BiH […]

For World Humanitarian Day we’re paying tribute to our humanitarian heroes in the field. Zina Shataeva is a social worker in our one-to-one sponsorship programme working in the Russian Federation. She has seen more than a decade of changes since starting with Islamic Relief. “I’ve worked as a social worker for Islamic Relief for the […]

For World Humanitarian Day we’re paying tribute to our humanitarian heroes in the field. Mohammed Hamza, 28, graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Aleppo University and in 2012 he applied to join a Masters in economics at London School of Business and Finance. His dream came to a halt when he was caught up […]