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…
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…
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…
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…
Micro-hydro power (MHP) is the conversion of energy from flowing water into electricity. Flowing water turns a turbine, which in turn converts this created energy to electricity. While traditional water wheels use the power of running water to work milling…
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…
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…
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…
Industrialized countries saw a 17 per cent increase in asylum applications in the first half of this year, with most claimants coming from countries with longstanding displacement situations. This is according to a report released today by the UN refugee…
Life for Relief and Development sent medicine and medical supplies donated by Medical Teams International in Tigard, Oregon valued at 6,248,991 to Mexico. One of Life’s partner organizations Another Joy Foundation arranged through Aero Union Airlines to airlift this critically…