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The second millennium development goal is to achieve universal primary education. By 2015, the global target is to ensure that children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. It seems this target is very detached from the Iraqi reality. The education system in Iraq is facing complex challenges and demands. Thousands of schools all over Iraq have suffered tremendous neglect and under-funding during long years of war, UN economic sanctions and the current occupation, and internal strife. According to one survey carried out by the Iraqi Ministry of Education in early 2004*, [...]

Provision of Safe Drinking Water The project aims at enhancing people wellbeing and reducing mortality and morbidity rate among target people through provision of potable water and safe conserved environment. The project will accomplish: digging and construction of 80 drilled wells, planting of 4500 trees, establishing 80 Water Management Committee (WMC) and establishing of 80 Open Defecation Eradication Committee (ODEC) for 2400 people. Office http://www.islamic-relief.or.id/ Citation Islamic Relief Indonesia [n.d] Provision of Safe Drinking Water Along With Reducing Climate Changes Impacts .[Online] Available: http://www.islamic-relief.me/project_proposals/Water_project.pdf

The conflict in Syria resulted in an unprecedented severe humanitarian situation in the history which is a matter of concern for the international community. According to the UN, 9.3 million people are directly affected by the crisis, 6.5 million Syrians are internally displaced and over 2.2 million refugees fled to the neighboring countries of which more than 500,000 are women and girls of reproductive age and 41,000 are pregnant (Regional Situational Report for Syria Crisis, Issue No.15, and November 2013). 66 cases of polio were confirmed up to 15 December 2013. Office http://www.islamic-relief.org/ Citation Islamic Relief Worldwide. (2013). Syria Winter Appeal. [...]

Doctor Maigari is head doctor at the Therapeutic Feeding Centre in Tillaberi, Niger and sees on a daily basis the impact of malnutrition on children. Established by Islamic Relief in 2005, the health centre provided nutritional support to hundreds of children suffering from severe malnutrition and their mothers during the food crisis. Now that the crisis is over the centre also offers medical care for children suffering from a range of health problems. But there are still large numbers of children being treated every month for malnutrition. Office http://www.islamic-relief.org/ Citation Islamic Relief Worldwide (2007). Working for Better Child Health. [Online] Available:http://www.islamic-relief.org/

Study of the Humanitarian Capacity of Plan Sweden SOS Children Villages Sweden and Islamic Relief Sweden Sida’s Division for Humanitarian Assistance regularly performs capacity studies of humanitarian actors to learn more about the organisations and to assess their capacity to carry out humanitarian relief programmes. In 2006, Sida commissioned Deloitte to conduct capacity studies of Islamic Relief, SOS Children Villages and Plan, with a particular focus on their humanitarian work. The same year, each of these organisations had received grants from Sida’s humanitarian division for projects in Pakistan after the earthquake (Plan and Islamic Relief) and in Malawi to assist drought [...]

Humanitarian Update February 2014 Syria Key Facts 3 million people require humanitarian assistance (OCHA,2013) 3 million children are in need of assistance (http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/3/10/reportmore-than43msyrianchildrenneedhumanitarianaid.html ) 5 million people are internally displaced in Syria 4000 schools have been destroyed (UNICEF, December 2013) By the end of 2013, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had recorded 130,433 casualties - at least one-third of whom were civilians (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Press release, 1 January 2014.) Office http://www.islamic-relief.org/ Citation Mayub,S. (2014). Syria Emergency Update. Islamic Relief WOrldwide, Birmingham, [Online] Available: https://islamic-relief.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Syria_Situation_Update_Feb_2014.pdf

Islamic Relief’s Orphan Welfare Programme Every year millions of children die because they do not have enough food, the water they drink is contaminated and they have no access to basic health care. An estimated 134 million children have also never been to school due to the effects of HIV/AIDS, natural disasters, conflicts and crippling poverty. They are missing out on a childhood and without support, they face a bleak future. We believe we can make a real difference to the lives of orphans and other vulnerable children. Whilst we work to alleviate poverty and suffering in many of the communities [...]

Climate change is the defining human development challenge of our time. It threatens to stall poverty reduction and hard-earned progress made in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. In the countries of South Asian region, including Pakistan, the early signs of climate change are already visible. Out of the last 12 years of the last century, 11 were the hottest of the last 400 years where temperatures in Pakistan reached 53 degree C and in Finland 37 or so. These changes are already threatening the lives and livelihoods, health and well-being of millions, especially the poor and vulnerable, who lack the financial, [...]

Humanitarian Financing and Zakat All of the world’s major religions contain some element of alms giving, and faith plays a key role in the funding and delivery of humanitarian response across the world. While we cannot say how much religiously motivated giving takes place globally each year, it is clear that faith-based organisations mobilise and channel a significant proportion of global humanitarian assistance, and are actively involved in its delivery. In 2013, faith-based organisations received and delivered between US$420 million and US$434 million (15–16%) of all international humanitarian assistance channelled through non-govermental organisations (NGOs). Office http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/ External programmes Citation Stirk, C [...]

Increasing recognition has been given in recent years to the role that faith plays, both constructively and destructively, in the work of development and humanitarian aid organisations. Keeping Faith in Development explores how faith-based organisations can work across the religious divide and how better interfaith relations can improve their ability to deliver aid. The work of Christian Aid, Islamic Relief and World Jewish Relief, our partners in this project, shows that faith organisations are effective in a way that sets them apart from their secular counterparts. For example, they have a unique reach because they represent, and are respected by, their [...]