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What’s Happening
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About: Let’s Do Research
As a thought leader, Islamic Relief USA aims to engage society and all stakeholders–that’s you, that’s everyone–on critical subject matter, issues and trends impacting the humanitarian sector, humanity, the environment and beyond.
Why? Everyone has a necessary role in making the society we live in better.
Connecting Community: Society’s Stakeholder Seat
Everyone is a stakeholder and has a seat at the table.
Academic institutions, think-tanks, faith-based organizations, businesses (for & non-profit), community members and entities, government agencies, advocacy groups, students, professors, public servants, private industry professionals, volunteers, advocates, humanitarians, faith leaders are just some examples.
We encourage involvement from everyone (local and global) as humanitarian issues and positive impact are multisector, multidisciplinary, and vital to all people and the environment.
“O humanity! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may ˹get to˺ know one another. Surely the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous among you. Allah is truly All-Knowing, All-Aware.”
The Glorious Qur’an–49:13
What We Do
Stakeholders will be engaged through a variety of our online and offline content
Online Content: Publications—reports, blogs, policy briefs, papers, magazines—virtual/hybrid programs, photos and videos of our work.
Offline Content: These are in-person activities. Symposiums, conferences, trainings, research tours, participatory action research, U.S. Capitol Hill briefings, United Nations events in New York, service learning and other key engagements.
See our resources library and events sections for more information on our specific work in countries around the world.
Resources
Islamic Relief USA’s impact here at home in the U.S. and across the world by country.
Countries
Videos
Articles
G20 Interfaith Forum | Women and Girls at the Frontline of Climate Change
Medium | Making the case for a G21
Medium | IRUSA Intern Qudsia Saeed reflects on her experience
Medium | Juneteenth: Is It H.E.L.P.I.N.G.?
Medium.com/ | College Campus Convictions
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Georgetown University Berkley Center | Humanitarian Access in Conflict Zones: The Role of Faith-Based Actors Publication
Duke Sanford World Food Policy Center | Rural Child Hunger & Faith Community Engagement
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding | Banking While Muslim
IUPUI ScholarWorks: Indiana University | Muslim American Giving Report: Motivations of Giving
2022 BLUE BOOK
2023 Toolkit
Videos
Articles
Islamic Relief Worldwide | “It is so difficult to provide food for my family”
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Afghanistan’s courageous people haven’t given up: The world mustn’t either
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | End Line Evaluation Report of Home Based Education for Women in Afghanistan (HBEWA)
Islamic Relief Worldwide | “What is our Future?” Afghanistan on a knife-edge
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Videos
Articles
ReliefWeb / CARE, Concern, Islamic Relief | Resilient communities acting early to mitigate effects of 2020-21 monsoon floods in Bangladesh: stories from the frontline | Supporting Flood Forecast-based Action and Learning (SUFAL) in Bangladesh
Videos
Articles
Islamic Relief Worldwide | How Almira defies the odds to empower children with disabilities
Videos
Articles
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Nowhere to call home
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Breaking the cycle: From traditional cutter to passionate advocate for the abolition of female genital mutilation
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Lessons Learned from Somalia Region State of Ethiopia: Combating Gender-based Violence Against Women and Girls in Dekasuftu Woreda
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Stories from Afar
Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Haiti Earthquake (2012)
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Videos
Articles
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Gender-Based Approach to Climate Change Adaptation: A advocacy paper from Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Balaroa: From ruin to rebirth in Indonesia
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Islamic Relief in Indonesia
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Gendered impact and implications of Covid-19 in Iraq
Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Final evaluation for the “Emergency health care service provision for Syrian refugees in Jordan”, 2021
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Videos
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Articles
ReliefWeb / CARE, Concern, Islamic Relief | “It gives me anxiety”: Tackling period poverty in Malawi
ReliefWeb / CARE, Concern, Islamic Relief | Cyclone Freddy: Islamic Relief responds to disaster in southern Africa
Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Context and Protection Analysis of Central and Northern Mali
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Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Islamic Relief Nepal Citizen-led Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Hidden in Plain Sight: A Study of Child Labour and Human Trafficking in Rautahat, Nepal
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Independent Evaluation of Nepal Earthquake Response
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Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | From Aspirations for Climate Action to the Reality of Climate Disasters: An Investigation of Climate Change- Induced Floods and Post-disaster Reconstruction in Pakistan
Islamic Relief Canada | Climate Crisis in Pakistan Report 2023
Islamic Relief Worldwide | “The Land is Aching”: Extreme Climate-Induced Flooding in Pakistan
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Climate Induced Migration in Pakistan: Global discourse, local realities and governance
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Stigma and discrimination faced by people with disabilities returning to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Sustainable Initiatives for Relief & Transformation – Impact Assessment & Evaluation, Pakistan, 2016
Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Evaluation of UNRWA Support To Vulnerable Children in Gaza Funded by Islamic Relief USA, 2015-2021
Islamic Relief Canada | Planter des oliviers en Palestine 2022
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Eight days in Gaza (2012)
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Palestine Conflict: One Month On (2014)
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Palestine Youth Report
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Gender-based violence against women and girls in Gaza protection and inclusion framework
Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Combining traditional, formal and NGO peacebuilding to resolve violent rido in Maguindanao
Videos
Articles
Islamic Relief UK | “Life is getting worse day by day. We need all the help we can get”
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Breaking the cycle: Halima’s story of surviving female genital mutilation/cutting and early marriage in Somalia
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Lessons Learned from Somalia Region State of Ethiopia: Combating Gender-based Violence Against Women and Girls in Dekasuftu Woreda
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Stories from Afar
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Evaluation of Phases 1 and 2 of the East Africa Crisis Appeal, Somalia, 2017
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Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Learning paper on gender responsive cash and livelihood programming in South Sudan
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Analysing and documenting learning from South Sudan Integrated Emergency Response in Western Bahr El-Ghazal (WBeG) and Central Equatoria (CE)
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Videos
News/Press Release
ReliefWeb/ Islamic Relief | Sudan: Medicine running out in Darfur town of Nertiti as safe access urgently needed
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Tigray Refugees with Disabilities in Eastern Sudan Camps
Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Islamic Relief in Syria: A Lifeline for Millions for Over a Decade
ReliefWeb/ Islamic Relief | Are women able to access healthcare in north-west Syria?
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Syria Conflict: Our work since the crisis began (2015)
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Islamic Relief: Syria Response 2016
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Reflection on inclusive health services in northwest Syria
Videos
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
TANGO International Inc./ Islamic Relief Turkey | Support to Agriculture Based Livelihood in Turkey Final Evaluation
TANGO International Inc./ Islamic Relief Turkey | Support to Agriculture Based Livelihood in Turkey Final Evaluation
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Videos
Articles
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Yemen’s climate crisis is threatening lives, livelihoods and culture
Medium | Islamic Relief USA Supports Valuable Projects in Yemen
Policy Briefings/Research Papers/Reports
Islamic Relief Canada | Yemen Water Systems Report 2022
ReliefWeb/ Islamic Relief | Islamic Relief Yemen: A gendered analysis on cash for work programming in Lahj Governorate
Islamic Relief Worldwide | A gendered analysis on Cash for Work programming in Hudayda
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Integrating GBV in WASH toolkit: Lessons from Yemen
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Final Evaluation Islamic Relief Worldwide Yemen Response and Recovery Programme 2019 – 2022
Islamic Relief Canada | Yemen Water Systems Report 2022
ReliefWeb/ Islamic Relief | Islamic Relief Yemen: A gendered analysis on cash for work programming in Lahj Governorate
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Integrating GBV in WASH toolkit: Lessons from Yemen
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Final Evaluation Islamic Relief Worldwide Yemen Response and Recovery Programme 2019 – 2022
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Integrating GBV in WASH toolkit: Lessons from Yemen
G20 Interfaith | World Refugee Day with UNHCR: The power of inclusion in developing durable solutions for refugees
G20 Interfaith | Women and Girls at the Frontline of Climate Change
Some of our frequent and annual activities include (but not limited to):
Advocacy on various issues impacting society, MLK Day, Day of Dignity, and Thanksgiving Turkey Distribution. Learn more below:
2023 Toolkit
Videos
Cooking Culture to Connect Community: El Halal Amigos
Cooking Culture to Connect Community: Food Fusion in Harlem
Cooking Culture to Connect Community: Masala Mac N’ Cheese| Food Fusion
Cooking Culture to Connect Community: Qatayef – IRUSA Cooks for a Cause – Ramadan 2018
Cooking Culture to Connect Community: Lump Crab Wrap – IRUSA Cooks for a Cause – Ramadan 2018
Opportunities
Zakat Consulting document
Projects for partnership
Healthcare Advocacy document
Refugee Resettlement Partnership document
Hope & Healing for Gaza document
Additional publications
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Tigray Refugees with Disabilities in Eastern Sudan Camps
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Final evaluation for the “Emergency health care service provision for Syrian refugees in Jordan”, 2021
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Evaluation of Phases 1 and 2 of the East Africa Crisis Appeal, Somalia, 2017
Islamic Relief Worldwide | Lessons Learned from Somalia Region State of Ethiopia: Combating Gender-based Violence Against Women and Girls in Dekasuftu Woreda
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Contact Us & Opportunities
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