Nutrition activities in ETHIOPIA continued this week with 898 children screened and 476 moderate malnourished among them were admitted for assistance. Supplementary food was provided to 265 individuals Livestock feeding, maintenance of water points and water trucking along with provision of water treatment sachets continued during the week. In SOMALIA, 350 food packs and 150 […]
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Dotted around Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, are camps where countless desperate families arrive in search of food and water. It was at one of these camps, where teams from Islamic Relief regularly distribute food packs, that I first met Fatouma. Fatouma, from a village in the Burhakaba region, around 250km from Mogadishu, told […]
More than 70 people have been killed and hundreds injured in northern Syria after an air-launched chemical attack according to recent news reports. “We are deeply concerned about this attack,” says Imran Madden, UK Director, Islamic Relief. “All parties to the conflict must respect international humanitarian law and avoid further civilian casualties. “Last month, this […]
In one decade we’ve reached 2m people Islamic Relief staff and supporters have been celebrating 10 successful years of operating in Lebanon. Parties in Saida, Beirut and Tripoli included a football tournament and a children’s drawing competition. We first started working in Lebanon in 2006, providing those affected by the Lebanon war with food, water [...]
What is happening in South Sudan and the Horn of Africa? Right now 20 million people are facing devastating food and water shortages due to sustained drought and conflict in East Africa. In the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya), where successive rainy seasons have failed, it is feared drought will turn into famine. [...]
1.3 million people are in urgent need of assistance in Kenya. 23 out of 47 counties in Kenya have been affected by the drought. IR Kenya is focusing on interventions in the sectors of Health and Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Food and Livelihoods and Conflict Resolution. Islamic Relief Kenya is operational in the [...]
