|
|
|
|
Islamic Relief Donation Box |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other ways you can give your donation
|
|
|
By Phone
|
|
To donate by card over the phone, just call: 0800 520 0000 (free for most landlines)
or 0208 531 6752
|
|
|
|
|
By Post
|
|
For information on posting your donation, Click Here
|
|
|
|
|
By Shop
|
|
To visit your nearest Islamic Relief shop, Click Here
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
School children receiving school packs |
|
- 1 in 5 people lives in chronic poverty
- At least 50% of the population is still unemployed
- 1 million children under the age of 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition
The people of Iraq continue to depend on humanitarian aid for survival.
Iraq has 2.4 million internally displaced people (IDP), in addition to another 2 million externally displaced in neighbouring countries.
Unemployment has reached more than 50 percent in some areas, while greater than 60 percent of the population in Iraq is cut off from essential services.
More than 4 million Iraqis are food insecure. Many more are living in poverty and are increasingly threatened by malnutrition and disease.
The lack of security along with scarcity of medical supplies and clean drinking water are the most acute threats to Iraqi public health.
Hospitals are struggling to cope with the huge demand for basic health services and need rehabilitation, maintenance and improved hygiene.
Islamic Relief in
In 1997 Islamic Relief initiated its work in Iraq with medical relief, supplying poorly-equipped hospitals with Leukemia medicines and basic hygiene equipment. Over the years, Islamic Relief’s annual Qurbani and Ramadan food distributions have helped thousands of Iraqi families.
In January 2003 Islamic Relief received permission to open a field office in Baghdad. Islamic Relief staff was on the ground in Iraq throughout the conflict and continue to help the people of Iraq. Activities include emergency food distributions, Baghdad Clean-up project, and distribution of emergency health kits to hospitals and health centers, school rehabilitation and primary health center rehabilitation. Islamic Relief’s planned activities in Iraq include establishing a leukemia center, further rehabilitation of primary schools, rehabilitation of water treatment plants and further rehabilitation of primary health centers.
|
|
|
|  |
| |
|