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Sie haben sich vor einiger Zeit entschieden, eine Patenschaft für ein Waisenkind zu übernehmen Sie haben sich vor einiger Zeit entschieden, eine Patenschaft für ein Waisenkind zu übernehmen. Damit haben Sie ein sehr gutes Werk verrichtet, das im Islam einen hohen Stellenwert hat. Dafür möchten wir Ihnen im Namen der Waisen herzlich danken! Möge Allah es von Ihnen annehmen und Sie reichlich dafür belohnen! Durch die Unterstützung unserer Paten können viele Kinder auf der ganzen Welt nun hoffnungsvoller in die Zukunft blicken. Die Erfahrung, dass ein fremder Mensch sich um sie sorgt und für sie eine Patenschaft übernimmt, erzeugt bei den [...]

We, leaders of religious institutions and faith based organizations (FBO), believe that health is a universal value held by all faiths and a universal right for human beings. Our faith traditions, spiritual values and commitment to social justice lead us to believe passionately that families should not suffer needlessly because they lack access to health services. We acknowledge the evidence that the health benefits of access to education and services, and thereby averting unintended pregnancies, can be substantial. Each year, lack of family planning services and education in developing countries results in an estimated 600,000 newborn deaths; 150,000 maternal deaths from [...]

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, [...]

Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world, and that’s exactly what I kept reminding myself when I visited the country with an Islamic Relief USA delegation earlier this year. But no matter how hard I tried to prep myself mentally. There was nothing that could have prepared me for experiencing life without electricity and running water. It was a different lifestyle. Even the international airport in the country’s capital and most developed city, Bamako, didn't have running water in the airport’s only bathroom. And that was just the beginning. Office http://www.irusa.org/ Citation Maasarani, Z. (2010). Overcoming hardship a [...]

Religions and Development Programmes Programme The Religions and Development Programmes programme (2005-2010) is working with programmes partners elsewhere in the UK and also in Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Tanzania. In addition, it has forged a non-academic partnership with Islamic Relief Worldwide, which is also based in Birmingham. In particular, it is working with Islamic Relief’s Policy and Programmes Unit. The collaboration has taken the form of a joint appointment, in order to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and programmes in both directions between the programme and Islamic Relief. As part of this collaboration, a joint project to identify the Muslim development [...]

  The toolkit has been designed to be a practical resource for our staff and is designed to be used in tandem with existing guidelines. We hope, insh’Allah, that this toolkit will not only be used by Islamic Relief staff, but also by colleagues from other agencies who are working with Muslim communities towards building lasting peace. To this end we have included a separate ‘Introduction’ for readers who are less familiar with Islam and Muslim communities. This toolkit draws from current knowledge and best practice across the field, but approaches each area of work from an Islamic perspective and offers [...]

Islamic Relief has long been known to help ease the suffering of some of the poorest and most vulnerable people around the world. But this tremendous task can not be done by one organization alone. Building on a common foundation and belief in providing humanitarian aid, Islamic Relief was proud to widen our partnerships with other organizations during 2006. Islamic Relief also expanded its relationship with The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints, to ship over $5 million of relief aid to Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, Lebanon, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. Although emergency relief is a necessary part of the work Islamic [...]

2009 was a year of challenges and tests for many around the world. Millions of people — including women, children, the elderly and the disabled — faced hardships not just at the hands of man but also due to the wrath of nature. From the death and destruction in Gaza, to the millions displaced in Pakistan, to those suffering from the twin earthquakes in the Pacific Rim, Islamic Relief USA responded through international partners to provide vital aid that helped rescue and stabilize the lives of more than 600,000 people. Despite our hard work, millions continued to suffer in Africa; the [...]

Islamic Relief is getting ready to celebrate its 20th year of service to humanity. We’ve worked to help bring about positive change for people in need, and thanks be to God, over the years, we’ve been able to reach more people than ever before. With your continued support and with the help of our teams, this report shows some of the challenges we’ve been able to tackle and the great achievements we’ve made together during 2011. This annual report shows what great things can be accomplished when people come together for a common purpose. Through the height of emergencies, we helped [...]

Andrea, her husband and their three grown sons took shelter at a relative’s stronger, larger home when Typhoon Haiyan first hit. Parts of the roof flew off, water came in the house where they were sheltered, and she could see a tree fall on her own home in the distance. After the family thought the furious storm was over, they went back to their damaged home. They were eating when the winds struck again from the other direction. Andrea protected her her son, Raffy, who is blind and also suffers from anxiety and other symptoms left after a childhood illness. “I [...]