Islamic Relief
This is the blog of Islamic Relief. Founded in 1984, Islamic Relief is an international relief and development charity that works to alleviate the suffering of the world's poorest people regardless of race, religion or gender.
Children wait for playtime in Pakistan
Author: Islamic Relief
This blog is written by Niyaz Muhammad, an aid worker for Islamic Relief. He is based in Mardan District where Islamic Relief is working with those who have fled the fighting in Buner, Dir and Swat. In his diary he reports on the situation in an area that is struggling with more than 2 million displaced people. Today, as we ran our first session to support children affected by the conflict, I realised how important our work is. The vast majority of displaced people are children and in the past few weeks their lives have been turned upside down. They have lost all that is familiar to them and are living in extremely difficult conditions with nowhere to play or study and in many cases, nothing to do. ...
Author: Islamic Relief
This blog is written by Niyaz Muhammad, an aid worker for Islamic Relief. He is based in Mardan District where Islamic Relief is working with those who have fled the fighting in Buner, Dir and Swat. In his diary he reports on the situation in an area that is struggling with more than 2 million displaced people. Today, as we ran our first session to support children affected by the conflict, I realised how important our work is. The vast majority of displaced people are children and in the past few weeks their lives have been turned upside down. They have lost all that is familiar to them and are living in extremely difficult conditions with nowhere to play or study and in many cases, nothing to do. ...
Pakistan: The kindness of strangers
Author: Islamic Relief
By Islamic Relief aid worker Niyaz Muhammad in North West Pakistan I have returned to Mardan where people are arriving after fleeing the fighting in Swat and neighbouring areas. I'd only been away for a few days but even in this short space of time it was evident that the number of displaced had increased dramatically. On the way there I saw a makeshift camp that people had set up in the middle of a field. It consisted of a collection of small tents, many made from no more than bits of sheeting and plastic. Otherwise there was nothing else; no water points, no health clinics, no schools. I wondered how long these people could cope living like this. ...
Author: Islamic Relief
By Islamic Relief aid worker Niyaz Muhammad in North West Pakistan I have returned to Mardan where people are arriving after fleeing the fighting in Swat and neighbouring areas. I'd only been away for a few days but even in this short space of time it was evident that the number of displaced had increased dramatically. On the way there I saw a makeshift camp that people had set up in the middle of a field. It consisted of a collection of small tents, many made from no more than bits of sheeting and plastic. Otherwise there was nothing else; no water points, no health clinics, no schools. I wondered how long these people could cope living like this. ...
Pakistan families struggle with burden of displaced people
Author: Islamic Relief
This blog is written by Niyaz Muhammad, an aid worker for Islamic Relief. He is based in Mardan District where Islamic Relief is working with those who have fled the fighting in Buner, Dir and Swat. In his diary he reports on the situation in an area that is struggling with more than 2 million displaced people. As 70-year-old Kakai was telling me her story tears began to stream down her face. She explained how when the helicopters started to fire on her village there was chaos as people grabbed what they could carry and ran for safety. In the panic she was separated from her two sons. ...
Author: Islamic Relief
This blog is written by Niyaz Muhammad, an aid worker for Islamic Relief. He is based in Mardan District where Islamic Relief is working with those who have fled the fighting in Buner, Dir and Swat. In his diary he reports on the situation in an area that is struggling with more than 2 million displaced people. As 70-year-old Kakai was telling me her story tears began to stream down her face. She explained how when the helicopters started to fire on her village there was chaos as people grabbed what they could carry and ran for safety. In the panic she was separated from her two sons. ...
Women and children struggle alone in Pakistan camps
Author: Islamic Relief
Habib Malik is a British aid worker with Islamic Relief. He is currently in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province and reports from the camps in Swabi where many of those displaced by the fighting have settled. May 12, 2009 Today we visited the Tara Kai camp in Swabi, home to many of those displaced by fighting in northwest Pakistan. This camp is on the site of a middle school but none of the 500 children who study here are in lessons at the moment. Their classrooms have all been taken over by those forced from their homes by fighting in the Swat Valley. ...
Author: Islamic Relief
Habib Malik is a British aid worker with Islamic Relief. He is currently in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province and reports from the camps in Swabi where many of those displaced by the fighting have settled. May 12, 2009 Today we visited the Tara Kai camp in Swabi, home to many of those displaced by fighting in northwest Pakistan. This camp is on the site of a middle school but none of the 500 children who study here are in lessons at the moment. Their classrooms have all been taken over by those forced from their homes by fighting in the Swat Valley. ...
How can families rebuild their homes?
Author: Islamic Relief
Hatem Shurrab works for Islamic Relief in Gaza City. He has been working in Gaza for 10 years. After the war the days seemed to go so fast. I think this is down to the intensity of the workload and all the horrors that we had witnessed. ...
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Author: Islamic Relief
Hatem Shurrab works for Islamic Relief in Gaza City. He has been working in Gaza for 10 years. After the war the days seemed to go so fast. I think this is down to the intensity of the workload and all the horrors that we had witnessed. ...
