Step 1 - Identify Need
We review initial reports on and existing proposals for communities to identify where our work is needed the most and can have the greatest impact.
About Us
International Relief Foundation Serving Humanity, Saving Lives and Rebuilding Communities.
Our Vision
It envisions a world in which every man, woman and child can enjoy an empowered life with security, dignity and equal opportunities. The basic requirements of all people are fulfilled.
Our Mission
Our mission is poverty alleviation among vulnerable members globally and to develop healthy and sustainable communities and achieve lasting improvement in the quality of life of all people.
International Relief Foundation (IRF) is a registered charitable organisation in the United Kingdom established in 2011 and working for social good in the United Kingdom and abroad.
Our primary aim is to provide relief and assistance to people in need in any part of the world and supporting individuals and communities suffering from prolonged periods of violence, war and catastrophe.
It was founded in response to a devastating drought and widespread famine in Somalia that killed 260,000 people and affected more than 13 million people across the Horn of Africa.
Our Work In Action
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We empower people in poverty to live with dignity, self-reliance and hope.
View our Projects
The International Relief Foundation helps people whose lives and livelihoods are devastated by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and regain control of their future. Since 2011, we have been delivering humanitarian aid and development programs to transform the lives of people in need who are the victims of war, disaster, and the cycle of poverty.
Our Approach
Step 2 - Local Team
We establish a team in the area we may work in to gain valuable insights and to establish links with local organisations and the people we may potentially help.
Step 3 - Research
We conduct a thorough evaluation of the potential project. This includes an inspection of the area, feasibility study and risk assessment.
Step 4 - Delivery Plan
If we decide to go ahead with a project, we develop a delivery plan for our food support that will have an immediate and long-term positive impact.
Our journey so far
Here’s a glance of our many firsts and biggest milestones through the years.
Ramadan Iftar Food Distribution
As part of the feed the fasting Project, we distributed food packs to 1500 people, the neediest and internally displaced people in Somalia, during the blessed month of Ramadan.
Social Cohesion with Migrant and Refugees in Europe
In light of these challenging times, It was an absolute pleasure for the International Relief Foundation (IRF) to attend four-day training at Tarling Road Community Hub in North London entitled: Intergenerational dialogue for social cohesion with Migrant and Refugees in Europe at the end of August 2021.
Ramadan Education Challenge Competitions for schools in Somalia
International Relief Foundation (IRF) hosted an education challenge competition for schools in Somalia during the holy month of Ramadan.
Flood Emergency Response Somalia
International Relief Foundation (IRF) hosted an education challenge competition for schools in Somalia during the holy month of Ramadan.
Eid Gifts for Orphans Somalia
We have distributed Eid Clothes to 170 Orphans children in Mogadishu Somalia. Thanks to everyone who made this possible, and thanks for your generous donations.
Ramadan Iftar Project
This year, we provided food packs for Iftar to more than 1,500 needy people, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), women with children, the elderly, disabled orphans, and most disadvantaged families in Mogadishu and Brava Somalia.
Emwrgency Aid to Somalia
IRF, jointly with Caritas Somalia, distributed food and non-food packs to feed over 1000 internally displaced people, the most vulnerable, hard-to-reach affected by the flash flooding in Marka Somalia.
World Humanitarian Action Forum
It was an honour for the International Relief Foundation (IRF) to attend the World Humanitarian Action Forum, which took place in London on the 28th of November 2017.
Women Empowerment
International Relief Foundation initiated and donated in 2016 Sewing Machine and other Sewing materials to Banadir Mother and Orphans Organisation.
Restoration of Brava Hospital
In June 2016, International Relief Foundation completed the renovation of Brava general hospital. Brava public hospital’s renovation had been one of the notable successes that the community had witnessed since the start of the civil unrest in Somalia.
Restoration of Marka Hospital
International Relief Foundation intervened and rehabilitated the majority of sections of the Marka general Hospital Somalia In June 2015.
Emergency Relief Somalia
Years of civil war and regional conflict caused a humanitarian catastrophe as tens of thousands of civilians were driven from their homes to the countryside, leaving them vulnerable and in danger. IRF immediately delivered emergency assistance to flood and drought-affected IDPs (Internally Displaced People) by providing them with food, mosquito nets, plastic sheets and blankets.
Emergency Nutrition Packets in Somalia
International Relief Foundation is reaching the most challenging hit towns and providing starving Somali children with the supply of nutritional packets. Filled with a peanut-butter-like paste, each pack gives a malnourished child the nutrition and vitamins they need to survive.
Distribution of Blankets In Baidoa Mental Hospital
IRF has delivered 1000 blankets to Baidoa Mental Hospital Somalia
Drought Emergency Relief Somalia
This year another drought-hit Somalia. Years of civil war and conflict left millions of Somali families needing aid to survive. IRF responds by distributing shelter and food to over 2800 people affected by drought, conflict and hunger, as well as constructing and rehabilitating Duksi/Madrasa cultural early childhood education to provide hundreds of children access to cultural education in different refugee camps in Mogadishu.
Ramadan Iftar Project
During Ramadan, Muslims worldwide take a step back from their daily routines and focus on community, charity, fasting and prayer. We distributed food packs for Iftar to more than 3000 people, the most disadvantaged families in Mogadishu, Baidoa and Brava Somalia.
Maternal and Child Health clinic
We established the Maternal and Child Health clinic (MCH), providing mothers and infants with the care they need to survive in Mogadishu, Banadir Region.
A new charity is born!
International Relief Foundation was born in London. We headed to Somalia with emergency aid and launched our first education project for the most disadvantaged communities and orphanages.
