Islamic Relief addresses the root causes of poverty and specifically the state children find themselves in, by:
- Holding the relevant authorities accountable
- Fulfilling the needs of the poor where gaps exist
- Working towards realising their socio economic rights.
In addition to educating communities on development issues, Islamic Relief also implements seasonal Ramadhan and Qurbani programmes and responds to local emergencies.
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Islamic Relief prioritises orphaned children made vulnerable by the AIDS pandemic, child-headed households, girl children, and homes with infants and younger children.
Children from rural areas and informal settlements benefit from:
- Monthly food support
- School uniforms and stationary
- Blankets for winter
- Interventions to ensure access to healthcare and education.
Through community based care centres, Islamic Relief:
- Mobilises and supports community-based responses.
- Strengthens the capacity of caregivers.
- Ensures access to essential services.
- Advocates for the protection of children.
- Raises awareness to create a supportive environment for children and families
HIV and AIDS programme
The HIV and AIDS programme supports beneficiaries and communities through:
- Awareness programmes
- Home based care
- Counselling and support groups
- Access to healthcare
- AdvocacyIslamic
Relief hosted an international consultation on Islam and HIV/AIDS in November 2007. Participants included people living with HIV and AIDS, religious leaders and practitioners. http://www.islamandhivaids.org/
Forced Migration programme
Natural and man-made disasters force people to migrate. Islamic Relief prioritises assistance to migrants such as unaccompanied minors, women, and migrants who are HIV positive, through:
- Relief assistance and income generation
- Facilitating integration
- Organisational capacity building
- Advocacy
- Awareness
Environment Programme
Live simply so that others can simply live!
Islamic Relief actively promotes Islamic values that encourages spending less on ourselves and more on those in need. Islamic Relief:
- Supports poor households by providing training in food production.
- Respects local knowledge and does not cause harm to the environment.
- Empowers rural women and girl children by increasing access to education, resources and decision-making.
- Advocates for the rights of poor people, especially the right to food as one of the basic human rights.
- Assists households, schools, businesses and individuals to calculate their carbon footprint
- Educates communities on climate change through exhibitions and talks.
- Provides education on sanitation and hygiene.
- Offers the public an opportunity to sponsor shares in its water drilling rig projects.
The planting of fruit trees is a form of continuous charity (Sadaqah Jaariya)
Media and Communications
Islamic Relief’s media department ensures that regular feedback is provided to donors and stakeholders, using:
- Quarterly newsletters and adverts
- Radio and Television interviews
- Field stories for newspapers
- Video and radio clips for broadcast
- Text messages, fax and e-mail alerts
The Community Media Training Centre provides a voice to the poor, by educating them about:
- The media industry
- Writing letters to the media
- Conducting radio interviews
- Computer skills
Resource Mobilisation
Islamic Relief mobilises cash and in-kind donations that can be used by children such as clothes, food, toys, stationary, blankets and shoes.
Please contact IR offices for a list of updated costs
Donors can contribute towards:
- International development projects
- International orphans sponsorship
- Waqf programmes
- South African orphans
- Home-based care workers
- HIV and AIDS support groups
- Supporting refugee families
- Income generation projects for refugee women
- Refugee awareness activities
- Fruit trees, community and home food gardens
- Quarterly newsletters adverts
- Media training workshops
- Water Rig Waqf programme
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