Below average rains in the Oromia, Amhara, Somali and Afar regions of the country have led to new instances of drought, leaving 5.6 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. IR Ethiopia has conducted a rapid needs assessment in 2 zonal areas, including Afder, which is the hardest hit area. Islamic Relief is the [...]
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Blankets, food and water supplied to thousands who have fled their homes as winter sets in. Since Friday (December 16), more than 10,300 people have fled eastern Aleppo to rural areas outside the city and to neighboring Idlib, 37 miles (60km) away. And in the last three days alone Islamic Relief’s team in Syria has [...]
Widows in rural Kosova are being supported to set up their own sewing businesses. Islamic Relief is reaching out to the most disadvantaged group of widows in Kosova, supplying sewing machines and tailoring training. In the rural areas of Drenas and Pristina unemployment is one of the biggest issues facing communities, and for women raising [...]
Islamic Relief’s Syria team is poised to support thousands of people fleeing the city. Our team in Syria is preparing a distribution plan to ensure that emergency aid items stocked in our warehouses outside Aleppo are delivered where people need them most. Up to 100,000 residents are expected to leave the city in the coming [...]
Increased tensions on the Pakistani-Indian border have caused 11,000 families to flee. Over the last two days Islamic Relief has delivered 300 food packs to feed 1,500 people who have fled their homes in the Upper Neelum Valley. It’s believed thousands of families living along the border line have left their homes behind and moved [...]
PRESS RELEASE, December 2 2016 Launch event for 200-bed hospital in Johannesburg on December 2 Islamic Relief has funded oncology unit to the tune of $7.7 m/110m ZAR Waseem Ahmad, International Programmes Director, speaks at launch Representatives of Islamic Relief South Africa, Worldwide, USA and UK all present and available for interview Islamic Relief [...]
