In a year marked by compounding crises and extraordinary humanitarian needs, Relief International’s teams stood alongside communities across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa with unwavering commitment.  

2025 challenged us to lean further into our strengths as a highly nimble, localized organization and to nurture our culture of innovation, enabling us to deliver programs and impact in the face of rapidly shifting landscapes. From ongoing violence in Gaza and Sudan, to disasters in Myanmar and the Philippines, and growing needs in Syria and Afghanistan, we worked closely with our communities and partners to reach millions of people whose lives were upended by forces beyond their control.  

Amid so much uncertainty, one thing held constant: the collective belief that together we can build a more equitable and compassionate future. 

Our Global Footprint 

So far in 2025, Relief International has:

• Reached 6.5 million+ people in 14 countries with lifesaving care, services, and supplies;

• Provided a range of vital health services such as emergency treatment, primary care, and maternity support and mental health support. This includes 7 million+ health consultations and assisting 75,000+ births;

• Delivered basic water services to 900,000+ people and promoted safe hygiene practices to 400,000+, as essential building blocks for healthy lives and disease prevention; and

• Supported 6,000+ individuals with capacity building and skills to strengthen their livelihoods and bolster community resilience.

These numbers represent not just services delivered, but hope restored, dignity reinforced, and futures rebuilt. 

Responding to Emergencies and Critical Needs 

Communities in the fragile settings where we work continued to face complex and deepened crises, increasingly accelerated by climate change and conflict. Our teams and local partners were on the front lines delivering primary healthcare with integrated WASH and nutrition, distributing cash assistance, and providing emergency services and supplies to save lives and establish safety, stability, and security for millions of people in 2025. For example:  

• During one of Myanmar’s most destructive monsoon seasons in the last decade, we reached remote villages with mobile medical clinics and delivered emergency shelter kits, clean water purification units, and other basic needs to individuals and families displaced by severe flooding and landslides. Working closely with community leaders, we helped restore safe water access for over 21,000 people, preventing disease outbreaks during one of the highest-risk periods of the year.

• Working in collaboration with local partner organizations in Gaza, we navigated the rapidly evolving crisis to support communities facing bombardment, displacement, and severe scarcity. We established life-changing services amid rubble, including a maternity unit in Khan Younis, as well as a malnutrition center and temporary learning space in Nuseirat, Central Gaza. Relief International provided more than 33,000 vital services in Palestine this year covering health, education, sanitation, protection, and the provision of emergency supplies—impact made possible by the unwavering determination of local staff.

• In Sudan, we delivered lifesaving healthcare to communities torn apart by war. From navigating alternative routes to reach starving families, to establishing a telehealth service connecting patients and their local medical teams with global specialists, we adapted in real time and scaled our response wherever possible. Working across 79 health facilities, including 19 mobile clinics, Relief International provided more than half a million healthcare consultations across the country. We also delivered nutrition interventions for approximately 100,000 children under five.

Strengthening Recovery and Resiliency  

In addition to addressing immediate humanitarian needs, Relief International also continued our efforts to promote long-term health and wellbeing in communities that have been affected by conflict and disaster. By establishing mental health and psychosocial support networks, implementing training and preparation for life skills and livelihoods, and facilitating community education and awareness, we have made significant strides in strengthening foundations for greater resilience. For example: 

• In Yemen’s displacement camps, we are creating spaces of safety, healing, and hope for women and girls. As part of our life skills programming, hundreds of Yemeni women built small businesses selling homemade products like clothes, preserved foods, and candles. This training empowered participants to not only regain their income, but their confidence, identity, and purpose. We also supported almost 10,000 women and girls to recognize and respond to patterns of gender-based violence, and provided psychosocial support to more than 1,000 survivors. 

• In the Philippines, we partnered with indigenous communities like the Sama Bajau people. Living with the ebbs and flows of the ocean, the Sama Bajau are highly skilled at sustaining themselves from its waters, yet climate change is putting their traditional way of life at risk. Instead of teaching entirely new trades, our livelihoods initiative helped strengthen what the Sama Bajau already know best—fishing, squid and fish drying, seaweed harvesting, and mat weaving. By building common facilities, families are able to work together and increase their income. This year, we supported more than 500 people to strengthen their livelihoods across the country. 

• As a leading voice in disability and inclusion in Türkiye, Relief International continued to provide crucial rehabilitation for people with disabilities—many of them Syrian refugees who have been severely injured by conflict or the catastrophic earthquake in 2023. Working across rehabilitation 3 centers, we supported more than 2,000 people this year, providing ongoing physical therapy and mental health services, as well as over 1,000 prosthetics and assistive devices.  

Thank you

Throughout 2025, we witnessed extraordinary resolve from families rebuilding homes, to health workers providing care in the most difficult circumstances, to young people learning new skills that open doors to economic opportunity. 

As we look to the year ahead, Relief International remains committed to expanding community-led solutions that ensure each person is treated with the dignity, compassion, and respect they deserve. 

Thank you to our supporters, staff, partners, and the communities who inspire our work every day. Together, we are building a healthier, safer, and more just world.