Continued heavy rains and flash flooding have severely damaged infrastructure and agriculture in more than half of Iran’s provinces and have opened up a humanitarian crisis with an estimated two million people in need of assistance.Read More
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Relief International relieves poverty and restores dignity to the world’s most vulnerable communities.
RI partners with vulnerable communities to deliver education, health, water and sanitation, and economic opportunities. The result: communities gain long-term well-being and dignity.
Every year, our programs educate children, feed families and create livelihoods across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Each community has a story.
We have a distinct approach. We call it The RI Way. That means empowering communities to find and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Caring in action
5 Million
People served by RI in 2017
6,000
Full-time and auxiliary staff working to empower communities around the world
$117 Million
Dollars spent to assist vulnerable communities in 2017 alone
Reach
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The African continent faces many challenges: weak or absent education systems, food insecurity, political conflict, water and hygiene issues, and of course, health crises such as the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Relief International partners with communities in east and west Africa to address the immediate...
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Working in Asia often means being in the eye of the storm — literally. The region is prone to earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters that can threaten already fragile political and economic environments. Humanitarian aid is a cornerstone of RI’s role in Asia. We also partner with...
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Our Middle East programs address the immediate and long terms needs of people forced from their homes and the communities that welcome them. We work in refugee camps, urban centers and remote, hard-to-reach areas, bringing our integrated approach to health, clean water and sanitation, education and...
Expertise
We engage with local stakeholders to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and restore dignity.
We enable partners to provide education that focuses on academic, social and emotional well-being.
We work with communities to improve malnutrition, protect against disease and increase access to healthcare.
We team with communities to provide clean and safe water, appropriate sanitation and improved hygiene.
