Category Archives: Worldwide

New facilities for Chitral community enhance safety and gender justice Islamic Relief has been tackling gender injustice with a bathroom building scheme in a remote area of Pakistan.     In the Himalayan Bamburat Valley, in the northern district of Chitral, the Kalash indigenous group is Pakistan’s smallest religious minority, with a community of less […]

New irrigation kit saves water and boosts crops for women in Mandera. Women in a remote corner of Kenya are using solar technology to revolutionize the way they farm. The town of Mandera, on the north-eastern border with Somalia and Ethiopia, is one of the most hard-to-reach parts of the country, with 88% of people […]

Last year, Islamic Relief reached over 1 million people in 31 countries across the globe. This year, we provided food security to even more of the world’s most vulnerable families by distributing 200,000 food packs to approximately 1.5 million people. Below is a snapshot of our 2016 Ramadan food pack programme across the globe:  

For families in Iraq, Syria and Somalia hit by crippling conflict or floods, a Ramadan food pack can provide a lifeline. Our annual Ramadan campaign helps us connect with people around the world, as our teams on the ground distribute food packs in the areas of greatest need. Each one of the 200,000 parcels we […]

IRW’s new leader speaks about his experience as a child refugee, the challenge of Islamophobia and his vision for the future. Naser Haghamed joined Islamic Relief as an IT manager in 1993 and went on to help set up IRUSA, to spearhead the development of TIC and to lead the International Programmes Division. He has […]

Poverty is rife in most of South Africa, and Bonteheuwel in Cape Town is no different. With high levels of unemployment, gang culture and drug trafficking in the area, Fuad, his wife Nazeema, their three children and his elderly mother-in-law are one of the many families struggling to survive in Bonteheuwel. Fuad used to be […]