Category Archives: Worldwide

Emergency food distributions are planned where floods have cut off people in remote villages. Islamic Relief is one of the few INGOs that has been able to access the most hard-to-reach areas on the outskirts of flooded Beledweyne town on the Ethiopian border (200 miles north of Mogadishu), with our field staff using a tractor […]

Naser Haghamed accepts the Leadership Award for Social Sector & Philanthropy on behalf of the Islamic Relief family. Naser said: “I am honoured and delighted to receive this award on behalf of Islamic Relief. However, I would like to dedicate this to the children of Syria.” Global Good Governance Awards, popularly known as ‘3G Awards,’ […]

At the World Humanitarian Summit on May 23-24 we have a team of delegates speaking out about the issues that matter to the people we work with across the world. Using the summit’s five “core responsibilities”, we’ve set out what we want to see change and why. These are the commitments we are making to […]

Fears for Syria’s most densely populated city as infrastructure crumbles Medical supplies and food support are urgently needed in Aleppo following an increase in attacks over the last two weeks. The city’s infrastructure has already suffered significant damage including to the main water supply, leaving civilians relying on bottled water. The increase in attacks over […]

The bus campaign will launch on 23 May in five cities across the UK Islamic Relief   Hundreds of British buses will carry adverts praising Allah as part of a campaign launched by the country’s biggest Muslim charity to help victims of Syria’s civil war. Islamic Relief hopes the posters, which bear the words “Subhan […]

Following a month of relative calm, Aleppo has, again, fallen victim to violence. Barrel bombs, artillery shells and SSMs (surface-to-surface missiles) are battering the already beleaguered city of Aleppo. The bombardment, which continues to this day, has heavily hit markets, hospitals and mosques, resulting in over 260 lives lost and even more severely wounded. Five […]