Number of Ethiopian refugees fleeing to Sudan has risen
SUDAN, 6 January 2021 – As of December 30, Sudan’s Government Commissioner for Refugees (COR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that there are 55,128 Ethiopian refugees have crossed the border into Sudan and registered under the agencies. Islamic Relief has distributed 1,350 hygiene kits to refugees at Um Raquba camp, [...]
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“GOOD NEIGHBOURS” CONSORTIUM RECEIVES MARTIN LUTHER KING AWARD FOR ITS WORK WITH REFUGEES
An inter-faith initiative between Islamic Relief Sweden, the Church of Sweden and the Stockholm mosque has been announced as the recipient of this year’s prestigious Martin Luther King Award in Sweden. The Goda Grannar consortium – the Swedish term for Good Neighbours – was praised by the award’s jury for bringing faiths together and “inspiring us all to move [...]
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200 keluarga B40 PPR Desa Rejang Terima Bantuan Pek Makanan
SETAPAK, 20 Disember 2020 - Sebanyak 200 keluarga bumiputera daripada golongan B40 dan ke bawah telah menerima bantuan pek makanan dan kit kebersihan di bawah program ILTIZAM tajaan Ekuiti Nasional berhad (EKUINAS) dengan kerjasama Islamic Relief Malaysia di PPR Desa Rejang, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. Objektif program dijalankan bagi membantu meringankan beban penduduk yang terjejas akibat [...]
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Ethiopian Refugees Receive Humanitarian Aid from Various Stakeholder
SUDAN, 10 December 2020 - 49,370 new arrivals of Ethiopian refugees have registered under the Sudan’s Government Commissioner for Refugees (COR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) after crossing the border into Sudan. UNHCR and COR continued on relocating the Ethiopian refugees to the new settlement in Um Raquba, Gadaref by buses. [...]
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Lawyer urges fellow survivors of gender-based violence in Iraq to speak out

Sara is a lawyer representing abuse and sexual violence survivors. She had been in a violent relationship for over a decade, but had never lodged a complaint against her husband, a respected professor and head of the teaching staff. By telling her story, she wants to show others in similar situations that there is hope. […]

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Islamic Relief counselling in Gaza helps girls like Noha who face violence at home

Fourteen-year old Noha* lived in such fear that even the sound of her own name terrified her. Noha lives in Gaza, where economic hardship and the anxiety of further conflict is ever present. Home did not feel safe since her brother regularly subjected her to physical and emotional abuse. “Every day, I was terrified whenever […]

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