Udhiya Report

Udhiya Report

Life for Relief and Development just completed the most successful Uhiyah/Qurbani campaign in its 19 year history. With the blessings of Allah (SWT) and the generosity of its donors, more than 1 million people benefited from the distribution of fresh…

 UNHCR Briefing Points

UNHCR Briefing Points

1 – Rainfall, disease, hitting refugee camps in Kenya, Ethiopia More than a month after the kidnapping of three aid workers in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex, insecurity continues to affect aid efforts. The situation is being exacerbated by heavy rains…

 مجموعة العشرين الوقوف والتسليم

مجموعة العشرين الوقوف والتسليم

إن تباطؤ الاقتصاد العالمي والأزمة المالية كان تركيز النقاش في قمة مجموعة الـ20. ولكن من المهم أن لا تمنع القضايا الاقتصادية قادة مجموعة الـ20 من معالجة مشكلة أخرى تؤثر على الملايين من الناس حول العالم وهي الجوع. وتطرقت فرنسا، رئيسة…

 G20 Stand and Deliver

G20 Stand and Deliver

The global economic downturn and financial crisis will understandably be the focus of much discussion at the Cannes summit of the Group of 20. But it is crucial that the serious nature of these economic issues does not prevent the…

 Turkey earthquake

Turkey earthquake

The first two flights in our humanitarian airlift for the victims of eastern Turkey’s devastating earthquake arrived in Erzurum on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, bringing 1,000 tents and 20,000 blankets. During the offloading of the second flight in Erzurum…

 UNHCR Briefing Notes

UNHCR Briefing Notes

1 – UNHCR launches emergency airlift to eastern Turkey In response to the Turkish Red Crescent’s appeal for help on Tuesday, the first of four UNHCR humanitarian flights for the victims of the devastating earthquake in eastern Turkey is scheduled…

 11 Myths About Global Hunger

11 Myths About Global Hunger

There isn”t enough food to feed the world, most of the world’s hungry live in Africa, and it’s mostly a question of droughts and other natural disasters. All of these statements are wrong. But they reflect a common set of…