faith inspired action - islamic relief global strategy 2011-2015

8/3/2019 FAITH INSPIRED ACTION - Islamic Relief Global Strategy 2011-2015

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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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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.


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.

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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.


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.


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

[email protected]

www.islamic-relie.com

Registered Charity No. 328158

Registered Company No. 02365572

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