World Environment Day 2024: Boosting climate resilience in Bangladeshi communities through gardening
Bangladesh is one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. Those living there are increasingly faced with climate hazards such as natural disasters, and highly specific problems that damage the agriculture sector – including salinity intrusion. Salinity intrusion affects coastal regions, significantly reducing agricultural productivity. Over the past 35 years, this intrusion has surged by 26%. [...]
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Morocco’s Al Haouz earthquake: 8 months on
Islamic Relief has released a new report detailing our response to the devastating earthquake that struck central Morocco on 8 September 2023. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake killed families while they slept in their beds and flattened whole villages. The following aftershocks also caused untold damage to the surrounding regions and were felt all across the [...]
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Islamic Relief Mobilizes Relief Efforts in Flood-Hit Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN, May 13 - Islamic Relief has initiated urgent response measures in the wake of catastrophic floods that have engulfed Afghanistan, claiming over 300 lives with many more individuals still unaccounted for. The devastation follows relentless torrential rains that swept through the region, obliterating roads, agricultural lands, and fragile homes, exacerbating the already dire situation [...]
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“My country, Sudan, is at imminent risk of collapse.”
It is 1 year since a brutal war erupted in Sudan (read here), pushing the country to the verge of famine and creating the world’s biggest displacement crisis. Many of Islamic Relief’s own staff have been deeply affected by the violence. Elsadig Elnour, Islamic Relief’s Country Director in Sudan, reflects on the events of the [...]
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A forgotten crisis: 1 year of brutal war in Sudan
On 15 April 2023, the lives of millions of Sudanese people were brutally ripped apart. Fierce street battles broke out in the usually peaceful capital city of Khartoum. Families fled as bullets and shells tore indiscriminately through heavily populated neighbourhoods and bodies piled high in the streets. Since then, a tornado of chaos has engulfed [...]
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International Women’s Day 2024: Women are still struggling for their basic needs
International women’s day 2024: Najah Almugahed, Gender Protection and Inclusion Advisor at Islamic Relief examines how the needs vs rights debate applies to women in humanitarian crises, calling for more aid to cover women’s basic needs. After nearly a decade residing away from home, I managed to go back for a visit last year. Home [...]
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