Ensuring child safeguarding and welfare in our Orphan Sponsorship programme

Islamic Relief’s actions are inspired and grounded by our values, which hold us responsible for ensuring that children are protected against all forms of harm and abuse. 

Protection and safety for the orphans under our care is of utmost importance to Islamic Relief. 

Islamic Relief has a Safeguarding Policy to ensure the health and wellbeing of those we work with, and to help create a culture of safeguarding across all levels of the organisation.

It is mandatory for all those representing Islamic Relief to understand, implement and adhere to all the guidelines outlined in our policy. Read more about our commitment to safeguarding here.

Ensuring children’s welfare and care 

We ensure the following procedures in our Orphan Sponsorship Programme, to maintain transparency, fairness and high-standards and so that orphans and their families are provided with the highest level of care.

• Every sponsored child is assigned a dedicated field officer who ensures their welfare and provides an annual report beneficial for individual donors. 
• The project also includes monitoring of sponsored families, guaranteeing that they receive all advantages of sponsorship, including essential health checks, education and housing assessments, and improvements when possible.
• We ensure that those most in need receive support: Each Country office has its own scoring system which assesses the situation of the child’s family based on certain criteria, such as housing conditions, income and health.
• Regular safeguarding training for Islamic Relief staff across the globe.