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You gave hope to those living in Countries in Conflict Syria, Palestine, Iraq, South Sudan, Yemen, the list goes on. Civilians are continuously caught between bullets and bombs. Millions of families have been displaced without homes; those injured are in desperate need of medical support — and children are still struggling without food, let alone an education. These are our brothers and sisters. Thanks to your kindness, you have allowed us to help return dignity to those affected by armed conflict. With your continuous support, Islamic Relief has been able to provide much needed food, medical care and essential everyday items [...]

Orphans and widows are amongst the most vulnerable members of a community. Islamic Relief Canada’s scholarship fund was created to provide these orphans with the financial means to achieve their goals and attain a better future. The fund has benefitted 187 orphans over the span of a year. through the help of this fund, orphans can afford education and no longer have to compromise their studies for a meal, healthcare or bear the burden of taking care of their family at a young age. Office http://islamicreliefcanada.org/ Citation Islamic Relief Canada (2017) Orphan Scholarships, Islamic Relief Canada, Burlington ON.

A Field Study This report by Islamic Relief Canada provides an in-depth look into how FGC is perceived and practiced in Indonesia. For the first time, we have an evidence based understanding of how religious motivators are wrongly used to justify FGC in parts of Indonesia – and possibly many other Muslim communities throughout the world. Office http://islamicreliefcanada.org/ Citation Islamic Relief Canada (2016) Female Genital Cutting in Indonesia, Islamic Relief Canada, Ontario, Canada.

Thank you for your generosity! In November 2015, Islamic Relief Canada launched its Refugee Resettlement Campaign. Since then, Islamic Relief Canada has focused on coordinating with local settlement agencies to implement programs and projects. As per IRC’s Domestic Program’s strategy, we want to support projects geared towards the following: First Nations Community, Refugees, Women, and Children and Youth. Office http://islamicreliefcanada.org/ Citation Islamic Relief Canada (2017) Resettlement Project, Islamic Relief Canada, Burlington, ON

A Policy Brief on Early Forced Marriage Islamic Relief is working in the countries of high and highest Early and Forced Marriage (EFM) prevalence, such as Niger, Bangladesh, Chad, Mali, India, Ethiopia and Malawi. Our teams identified EFM as a serious issue hindering females and communities at large from improving their well-being. We have been addressing this problem through multi-sector and integrated approaches, applying culturally sensitive and sustainable strategies, to help communities achieve most effective development outcomes. A clear organisational policy stance on EFM will further strengthen the effectiveness of our interventions. Office http://www.islamic-relief.org/ Citation Islamic Relief Worldwide (2018) Don't Force [...]

Protecting the Sanctity of Marriage This guide presents an Islamic human rights perspective on EFM for those seeking to understand the issues and working to end the practices in Muslim communities. Islamic Relief believes that changing perceptions in order to end harmful practices in Muslim communities is best done through better understanding and raising awareness of human rights as enshrined in Islamic law. We call upon parents and guardians, imams and community leaders, teachers and health workers, governments and NGOs to work together to understand why EFM is practiced in Muslim communities, raise awareness about the harm it causes, tackle the [...]

Authored by Mohammed Abdullah Nadwi, PhD candidate of Markfield Institute of Higher Education and Postgraduate Fellow of Humanitarian Academy for Development This paper attempts to contextualise the potential role of waqf (plural; awqaf Islamic perpetual trust) in the contemporary world, particularly, in the developmental arena. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for awqaf to maintain its convergence with some of the fundamental goals of the SDGs which are also congruent with the maqasid al-shariah (the higher objectives of shariah). Office https://had-int.org/ Citation Mohammad Abdullah, (2018) "Waqf, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and maqasid al-shariah", International Journal of Social [...]

Summary Paper This programmes evaluates Islamic Relief’s disaster-preparedness activities, specifically focussing on local partnerships and capacity building in Asia, with the aim of improving its strategy for the Philippines. It also aims to help Islamic Relief shape and improve its disaster preparedness activities when working in partnership with local NGOs or CBOs in other countries, particularly where its disaster response team has a new or recent presence. The content of this paper is the intellectual property and sole responsibility of the Author. Office https://had-int.org/ Citation Maria Ximena Weiss Maldonado (2018) Evaluating Islamic Relief’s Capacity Building and Partnership-based Disaster Preparedness in Asia, [...]

Summary paper The programmes investigates the concept of 'resilience' in Beirut, Lebanon; a city facing both the risk of conflict and natural disasters. The content of this paper is the intellectual property and sole responsibility of the Author. Office https://had-int.org/ Citation Nadeem Ahmed (2018) Is the Concept of 'Resilience' Useful within Cities Facing both Conflict & Disaster Risk? Using Beirut as a Case Study, Humanitarian Academy for Development, Birmingham, UK.

Summary Paper This programmes critically examined theoretical explanations and practice systems for emergency response phase with the aim of identifying community functions that align with, and can be integrated with Incident Command System (ICS) to enhance response to large-scale or unprecedented disruptive events. Ultimately, this programmes aimed to develop an integrated response framework that can be adopted to improve response to any disruptive event. The content of this paper is the intellectual property and sole responsibility of the Author. Office https://had-int.org/ Citation Dr Dolapo Fakuade (2018) Integrated Response as a process of enhancing Incident Command System (ICS) through Community Functions , [...]