Islamic Relief Ethiopia

Food Security and Livelihood

Our livelihood and food security programme is designed to address the root causes of hunger/poverty by responding to emergencies and long-term development interventions that focus on tackling the problems of access, income and production.

The main objective is to improve access to food and income by improving livestock and crop production and productivity, micro-enterprise and skill development.

The programme includes: cash transfer, micro-enterprise development, livestock intervention like restocking, veterinary support, fodder provision for recovery purposes and fodder production for sustainability. We also focus on agricultural inputs like seeds and tools, irrigation facility development, skill and capacity development, value chain development to pull out the poor out of poverty 130,000 people have benefited on this project during the year 2018.

Seasonal Projects

Islamic Relief’s seasonal programs focus on four main categories: Ramadan, Qurbani, Eid Gifts, and Aqeeka and Adak. These programs aim to protect the lives and dignity of affected communities and provide nutritional relief to the poor and needy. Food packets and parcels suitable for the local diet are distributed to ensure the beneficiaries receive the necessary sustenance.

Beyond these seasonal projects, many recipients also benefit from Islamic Relief’s emergency responses, livelihood support projects, and orphan sponsorship interventions. These efforts complement Islamic Relief’s emergency and development efforts, contributing to the empowerment of local communities.

Qurbani 2018

Aqeeqa and Adak

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Aqeeqa and Adak projects

Eid ul Fitr Gifts

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Eid ul Fitr Gifts project

Ramadan 2018

During this year’s programme, we managed to distribute a total of 11,185 Ramadan food packs containing important food items and to reach 56,865 individuals from11,185 families.

We also secured funding to distribute Zakat ul Fitr food packs that helped Islamic Relief to support a total of 4,896 individuals residing in Ma’eso district who were displaced due to community conflict between Oromia and Somali regions.

The intervention was in Afar, Oromia and Somali regional states of Ethiopia and targeted widowed, pregnant and lactating mothers, orphan children, older people and people with disabilities. We also reached conflict, flood and drought affected Internally Displaced People (IDPs).

Water and Livelihood

The challenges in the water sector are not only limited to availability, accessibility and quality but also include keeping the available water schemes operational and sustainable for long time. For these reasons IRE started intervening to mitigate these challenges through constructing and rehabilitating water schemes,expanding and improving water infrastructure, hygiene and sanitation, building the capacity of local communities and local government sector offices.

IRE has implemented the followings in water sector:Islamic Relief interventions in WASH include improving water infrastructure,provision of maintenance tools, establishment and training of community WASH committees, improvement of sanitation facilities and construction of dams and water supply systems.

In addition IRE uses an integration approach in its WASH sector which goes to the level to support communities’ livelihood through giving chances to irrigate farms,water for livestock with an aspiration to assist substantially pastoralist livelihoods and water supply and sanitation.

Health and Nutrition

Islamic Relief (IR) is committed to improve the health of children and women particularly for those who are poor and with limited access to health care. IR has been implementing Emergency Nutrition projects in 10 district of Somali Region with the fund from WFP and UNOCHA. The most vulnerable segments of the community (Under –five children, Pregnant and lactating women) has been reached and prioritized by the lifesaving Emergency Nutrition response. In year 2018 IR reached:

60,099 beneficiaries (32,917 children under the age of 5 and 27,182 pregnant and lactating women) who were moderate acute malnutrition (mam) are benefited from target supplementary feeding program (tsfp).
165 Outpatient Therapeutic (OTP) and 22 Stabilization centers has been providing treatment services for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM).
10 districts of somali region as a result of capacity building training, medical, non-medical and technical supports provided. A total of 1731 severe acute malnutrition (sam) children under five benefited at 165 outpatient therapeutic(otp) and 22 stabilization centers supported and strengthened by islamic relief in 2018.
In 10 districts of somali region; 598 health workers and health extension workers received the training on sever and moderate acute malnutrition management.

Integrated Child Welfare

Islamic Relief Ethiopia has been implementing an integrated child welfare programme since 2012 in the Addis Ababa City area, in three sub-cities and 30 districts. Vulnerable and orphaned children, destitute women and unemployed youth are the target groups. The programme has four major project components: Orphans sponsorship, Positive child development, livelihood and education.