A Day in the Life of a Country Director

On World Humanitarian Day, Relief International’s (RI) Country Director for Uganda, Matthew Nviiri, recounts his recent trip to the northeast where his team of 81 staff help to provide healthcare for some of the 1 million refugees forced to flee the brutal civil war in South Sudan.Read More

Improving Health for Iran's Afghan Refugees

The Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran has one of the country’s lowest life expectancies, a statistic that sinks even lower for Afghan refugees.

RI Aids Drought-Affected Families in Afghanistan

Relief International is building new wells and restoring broken ones with funding from UNICEF in Nimroz’s Chakhansoor District.

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Relief International relieves poverty and restores dignity to the world’s most vulnerable communities.

Meaningful Relief

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.

Measurable Impact

Every year, our programs educate children, feed families and create livelihoods across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Each community has a story.

The RI Way

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

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Africa

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...

Asia

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...

The Middle East

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...