Category Archives: Worldwide

Camps reach capacity as families flee Fallujah and Makhmur in scorching summer heat. Islamic Relief is distributing emergency food packs to thousands of people who have fled their homes in Iraq. As Iraqi security forces attempt to retake areas held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) families have left everything behind […]

Millions of children across the world face daily struggles, whether it’s through destitution, war, drought or disease, and all too often become orphaned as a result. For many orphans living in single parent households, with guardians or even by themselves, the threat of poverty is constant. The Islamic Relief orphan sponsorship scheme is a lifeline […]

Islam is considered to be the Philippines’ second largest religion, with over five million adherents across all of its islands. This year, Islamic Relief Philippines conducted their first Ramadan distribution programme, delivering food packs to the Philippines’ most vulnerable communities. We asked Sandra Borgueta, IR Philippines’ Communications and Advocacy Officer, to tell us about her […]

Islamic Relief supporters are urged to petition governments for refugee rights. To mark World Refugee Day, on June 20, Islamic Relief is throwing its weight behind the#WithRefugees petition. The number of refugees globally now exceeds 20 million – the highest figure for more than two decades. Increasing political instability and violent conflict are pushing thousands […]

Each year, Islamic Relief Mali begins its distribution programme 10 days before the start of Ramadan. Focusing on the most vulnerable people in communities, this year the team helped those in low income households. 60-year-old Aminata and her family from Falan are receiving one of the 7,700 food packs delivered in Mali. As an agricultural […]

Day of the African Child focuses on children affected by conflict and crisis Forty years after the Soweto Uprising, many children across Africa are still struggling to find their voice. Each year the Day of the African Child remembers June 16, 1976, when 10,000 black school children protested in Soweto against the poor quality of […]