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Global StrateGy 2011 - 2015
Faith inspired action
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...thoSe in whoSe
wealth iS a recoGniSed
riGht for the needy and
the deprived...*
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16Quran, 70:24-25
In the name of Allah, most Merciful, most Kind.
Our strategy
Our vision, our mission
Our values
Our aims
Our work
Our promises
*The Quran exhorts us not to be ...o those
who amass their wealth and stop it rom
being put to good use, but, rather, to be o
those who appreciate wealth as a trust that
carries an inherent duty o care to others.
Photo: Children gather together in a village in Mali.
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Together we have served humanity or over
25 years, striving to make the world a
better, fairer place. Looking ahead, rom
now until 2015, we aim to build on our
strengths, learn rom our experiences and
bring about real social change.
Guided by our aith, we work to help
vulnerable communities meet the big
challenges in their lives. We do this by
taking an integrated approach; looking at
the wider context and causes o their needs
and promoting sustainable development
outcomes. We are determined to empower
marginalised people with a strong voice that
argues powerully or the change they need
to transorm their lives.
Right across the Islamic Relie global amily,
our strategy ocuses our resources, planning
and programming on achieving these
important aims.
We will continue towork in partnership
with those that share our vision o a world in
which empowered and socially responsible
communities respond as one to the
suffering of others. We will also continue
to develop as an excellent service
provider and policy leader, representing
our aith and providing guidance on a range
o critical social issues.
Our Global Strategy 2011-2015 outlines
how we aim to deliver on our promises and
ull our duty to mankind, and ultimately, to
God.
Saleh SaeedCEO, Islamic Relie Worldwide
for iSlamic relief there iSno Greater priority thanenSurinG our work haS theGreateSt poSitive impact onthe people we Serve
ourStrateGy
Photo: Children play on a swing in the village o
Mashinwala in Multan, Pakistan, where Islamic
Relie provided shelter and livelihood support ater
the oods in 2010.
Right: Saleh Saeed pumps water with
children in Pakistan on a visit with the
Disasters Emergency Committee.
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ourviSion
ourmiSSion
inSpired by ouriSlamic faith andGuided by ourvalueS, we enviSaGea carinG worldwhere communitieSare empowered,Social obliGationSare fulfilled andpeople reSpondaS one to theSufferinG of
otherS.
Exempliying our Islamic values, we will mobilise
resources, build partnerships, and develop local
capacity, as we work to:
Enable communities to mitigate the eect o
disasters, prepare or their occurrence and
respond by providing relie, protection and
recovery.
Promote integrated development and
environmental custodianship with a ocus on
sustainable livelihoods.
Support the marginalised and vulnerable to
voice their needs and address root causes o
poverty.
We allocate these resources regardless o race,
political aliation, gender or belie, and without
expecting anything in return.
Photo: A woman and her children in Mandera,
north-west Kenya, attend a health screening
organised by Islamic Relie.
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Following
ProPhetic
guidance
Sincerity - Ikhlas
In responding to poverty and suering our
eorts are driven by sincerity to God and the
need to ull our obligations to humanity.
Excellence - Ihsan
Our actions in tackling poverty are marked
by excellence in our operations and conduct
which are deserving o the people we serve.
Compassion - Rahma
We believe the protection and well-being o
every lie is o paramount importance and we
shall join with other humanitarian actors to act
as one in responding to suering brought on
by disasters, poverty and injustice.
Social Justice - Adl
Our work is ounded on enabling people
and institutions to ull the rights o the poor
and vulnerable. We work to empower the
dispossessed towards realising their God-
given human potential and developing their
capabilities and resources.
Custodianship - Amana
We uphold our duty o custodianship over
the earth, its resources and the trust people
place in us as humanitarian and development
practitioners to be transparent and
accountable.
We remain guided by the timeless values and teachings
provided by the revelations contained within the Quran and the
prophetic example, most specically:ourvalueS
Photo: Khalid Khan, o Lunda village in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with his
children Raheed, Mohammad and Ali. In
the 2010 oods, he waded through water
to saety, holding on to his three children.
He now earns a living selling conectionary.
Islamic Relie rebuilt many homes in Lunda
village and provided livelihood support to
help people recover rom the disaster.
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Protecting life and dignity
Empowering communities
Campaigning for change
Strengthening the Islamic Relief family
Enabling communities to reduce the risks
and eects o disasters by preparation or
their occurrence, hazard mitigation and timely
response through providing eective relie,
protection and recovery.
Supporting the marginalised and vulnerable to
voice their needs and address root causes o
poverty and suering.
Building a governance system and
inrastructure or the growing Islamic Relie
global partnership that will maximise the size,
eciency and eectiveness o our operations
to alleviate poverty and suering.
Enabling the sustainable development o
the communities we work with through
integrated development underpinned with
sustainable livelihoods, social justice and
environmental custodianship.
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Protecting liFe
and dignity
emPowering
communities
strengthening
the islamic
relieF Family
camPaigning
For change
Photo: Pupil at Min Lampuuk School,
rebuilt by Islamic Relie in Banda Aceh,
Indonesia, ollowing the 2004 tsunami.
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Islamic Relie has been providing
emergency relie or over 25 years. In
the uture we will be placing greater
emphasis on building vulnerable
communities capacity to deal with the
threats that ace them through disasterpreparedness and risk reduction.
In the next ve years we will, God-willing:
Assist people in their time o need by responding to
disasters and providing continued support to help them
rebuild their lives.
Help communities at risk to prepare or disasters so that
when they occur their devastating impact is reduced.
Prioritise disaster risk reduction at a local and national
level among vulnerable populations in several countries.
Bring relie to ood-insecure communities around the world
with seasonal ood aid during Ramadan, Qurbani and
beyond.
Islamic Relie is committed to tackling the
causes o poverty, working closely with
local communities through integrated
sustainable development programmes
that lead to long-term, positive change.
In the next ve years we will, God-willing:
Decrease the number o people earning less than a dollar
day, suering rom hunger, and unable to access sae
drinking water or basic sanitation.
Ensure that all children in our target areas complete
primary education.
Reduce maternal and under-ve mortality.
Halt and begin to reverse the incidence o epidemic
diseases.
Empower communities to manage their own development.
Integrate the sustainable development process into
our programmes and beyond, and reverse the loss o
environmental resources.
our
workProtecting liFe and dignity emPowering communities
whoever SaveS onelife, it iS aS if he Savedall humankind.Quran, 5:32
God doeS not chanGethe condition of apeople until theychanGe what iS inthemSelveS.Quran, 13:11
Photo:Two orphaned boys fshing in their village
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, where Islamic
Relie rebuilt many homes ater the 2010 oods.
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Islamic Relie is committed to empowering
marginalised people so that they can
articulate their rights and ull their needs.
In accordance with the prophetic example
o speaking out against injustice, we will
ocus our advocacy work on campaigning
or positive social change.
In the next ve years we will, God-willing:
Develop advocacy campaigns and implement them across
the Islamic Relie amily, working with other NGOs where
relevant.
Build dynamic advocacy links and partnerships between
communities in the north and south.
Infuence change on behal o the poor by raising
awareness and creating greater momentum amongst
Islamic Relies supporters and the communities we seek
to help.
Generate, infuence and strengthen global thinking on
relie and development rom an Islamic and aith-based
perspective, including positions on sustainable human
development, child welare, gender, micro-nance, rights
and climate change.
The Islamic Relie amily has grown
substantially over the last 25 years and
in the coming period we aim to build a
stronger partnership, with a governance
system and inrastructure that makes us
more eective in alleviating poverty andsuering.
In the next ve years we will, God-willing:
Engage all our partner and eld oces in strategic and
operational matters in order to improve coordination and
eciency.
Meet the relevant international standards o governance,
delivery, accountability, donor and beneciary care. Ensure global recognition o the Islamic Relie identity and
work with a clearly dened vision, mission and values.
Improve the perormance o the Islamic Relie amily in
poverty alleviation and advocacy work, with a greater
percentage o net unds being spent on our programmes.
strengthening the
islamic relieF Familythere iS a reward forone who eStabliSheSjuStice amonG people.Prophet Muhammad
whatever Good youdo, God iS aware of it.Quran, 2:215
camPaigning For change
Photo:A amily in Punjab, Pakistan, who
received seeds and tools as part o an
Islamic Relie livelihood support project.
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Protecting children
Children are oten the most vulnerable to trauma
and suering as a result o disasters and extreme
poverty. Protecting them and ensuring their welare is
a priority in all our work, rom disaster risk reduction to
integrated development programmes.
Islamic Relief will ensure our programmes have a
child ocus and prioritise and mainstream protection,utilising where appropriate, reerences and an
understanding o rights and protection rom Islamic
teachings.
Providing Islamic perspectives
Islamic perspectives on humanitarian and social
justice issues inspire all aspects o our work but
have not always been well articulated or widely
understood in our globalised world, even among
Muslim communities that are aected by poverty and
injustice.
Islamic Relief will be a policy leader on Islamichumanitarian and development issues. We will
also prioritise the s trategic and programmatic
opportunities provided by our aith on development,
humanitarianism, rights, gender, sustainable
livelihoods and micro-nance.
Protecting the environment
Climate change has a devastating eect upon
the communities with which we work and we are
addressing this through an organisation-wide strategy.
Environmental concerns are also increasingly
becoming a eature o our wider programmes and
advocacy work.
Islamic Relief will prioritise the development orisk reduction work in communities that are vulnerable
to the eects o climate change and improve learning
on environmental issues amongst our sta and
supporters. We aim to become a carbon neutral
organisation and work globally in an environmentally
responsible way.
Strengthening local capacity
The capacity o local communities to govern their
own aairs has a direct impact on their ability to
become sel-sucient. Capacity-building within civil
societies will be an important aspect o our community
development programmes and we will continue to
support the Humanitarian Forum which ocuses on
this critical area o work.
Islamic Relief will develop its strategic goals within
a capacity-building and participatory development
ramework, empowering local communities to manage
their aairs, rom disaster preparedness and recovery
to social mobilisation. We will also develop resources,
share organisational learning and implement civil
society capacity-building within our programmes.
our
promiSeS
Photo: A mother and daughter
in Lebanon. Wendell Phillips/
Islamic Relie
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there iS charity to
be Given for every
joint of the human
body, for every day
the Sun riSeS.
Prophet Muhammad
Photo:Oloom Ahmad is a member o the
marginalised Akhdam community, who are
amongst the most vulnerable people in Yemen.
Beore Islamic Relie installed a water supply
in her home, she would walk or more than
two hours a day to etch water.
Steano Massimo/Islamic Relie
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Islamic Relief Worldwide
19 Rea Street South
Birmingham
B5 6LB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 121 605 5555
Fax: +44 121 622 5003
www.islamic-relie.com
Registered Charity No. 328158
Registered Company No. 02365572
Faith inspired action