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Key Findings from Mali, Niger and Pakistan [2016-2017] This report is a summary of our key findings from a project that aimed to prevent GBV and provide support to survivors in three countries. The project, ‘Integrated Approach to GBV and CP in Humanitarian Action in Mali, Niger and Pakistan,’ was funded by Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and implemented by Islamic Relief from 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017. 1 It was a unique project for us in that it combined a GBV focus with a Child Protection (CP) approach to help us address issues of abuse, discrimination and [...]

In Gaza This manual has been developed to support field-based capacity-building of the international and non- governmental organizational personnel from all sectors in humanitarian aiding (including protracted emergencies – in both conflict and emergency contexts) in the Gaza Strip. It can also be used to guide government actors that are involved in the design and delivery of humanitarian programs. There are three capacity-building goals. The first is that all participants understand the purpose and methods of mainstreaming protection in humanitarian emergency responses. Secondly, that they develop skills to enable them to mainstream protection. Thirdly, by demonstrating the value and importance of [...]

Enhancing Youth Employability in the Gaza Strip Islamic Relief Palestine (IRPAL), in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is responsible for the implementation of a new TVET/LM project entitled “Enhancing Youth Employability in the Gaza Strip’’ (EYE). The main aim of this project is to enhance the employability of young women and men in the Gaza Strip, through an improved and unified TVET system with public TVET centres providing trainees with high quality labour market relevant skills and employment services. The main step of this project is to identify the economic sectors that the project will work [...]

Islamic Relief Pakistan The world we are living in today has become a difficult place to survive with a growing array of issues. Economic inequality is posing huge challenges for our society. The poor and marginalized communities are still the first victims and often left behind to shoulder the burden of risk, exploitation and debt. Climate Change on the other hand is also making it hard for people to cope with extreme conditions as more places are prone to floods, droughts and extreme heat or cold. In these challenging times, Islamic Relief Pakistan is giving people hope and possibilities to make [...]

Gaza Strip 2017 This study is one of the activities carried out by Islamic Relief Palestine in order to fight poverty and support sustainable livelihoods. Twenty social workers visited all the families nominated by the local partner organizations and filled in the questionnaire that was specially designed for this study. The study team have adopted scientific programmes methodology to assess the economic and social conditions of the surveyed households and to identify their needs, as well as to shed a light on the most important indicators on the characteristics of poverty and its determinants. This survey aims to provide the primary [...]

SUMMER 2017 | ISSUE 7 Welcome to the Summer Issue of the IR Academy E-Newsletter The quality of the Learning & Development team’s training has been recognised by an array of accreditations. The MDP was accredited a few of years ago by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) at Level 5 and now the LDP has been approved at Level 7 making it equivalent in standard to a Master’s degree. The recently developed Aspiring Managers Programme (AMP) at Level 3 has also been accredited. ILM accreditations have also been achieved for the new Train The Trainer (TTT) course and the [...]

A 10-point Roadmap for Europe European governments and the European Commission have been increasingly supporting a greater role for the private sector in their development cooperation. With new EU policies and instruments such as the European External Investment Plan, it was deemed important for CONCORD members to agree on a common position, common messages and priorities regarding the role of the private sector in contributing to sustainable development. To write this paper, CONCORD Europe’s specific work stream on the private sector collaborated with all of CONCORD’s membership, but also with other civil society organisations and CSO confederations. Office https://concordeurope.org/ Citation Mousumi [...]

The deterioration occurring in the infrastructure of Iraq during the last 20 years, especially in Water and Sanitation sectors (which are most important sectors) has created a major health problem. The unavailability of spare parts and cash for repairs and setting up new network systems, as well frequent electrical cuts reaching up to 10 hours a day, have led to further deterioration in this vital sector. The predicament is aggregated due to the exodus of qualified technical staff due to bad security situations and continuous displacing, lack of incentives, and replacements are unqualified to run this kind of facilities. This led [...]

Children in Key Stage 1 bring a wealth of personal experiences into the classroom. Through travel, food, social circles, cultural practices, stories, rhymes and of course technology – children are now born as citizens of our global village. Generally they will have positive associations. Some will have the ability to compare similarities and differences between places and people. Others may know there are places in the world where people live in poverty. Yet what does living in poverty mean? Where do families live? Do children go to school? What do they play with? What do they eat? Office http://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/ Citation DIN, [...]

Malaria Malaria is known to be one of the oldest and deadliest diseases to affect mankind. While its actual age is still debated, its deadly affects on human beings are not. The latest report from the World Health Organization shows that approximately half the world’s population is at risk of contracting a form of malaria. In 2006 alone, malaria cases were reported to have caused nearly 1 million deaths worldwide. Most of these deaths were children under age five. Office http://www.irusa.org/ Citation Islamic Relief USA. (2009). Malaria. [Online] Available: http://www.irusa.org/content/uploads/2011/08/Partnership_spring_09.pdf