Newsletter – Relief Lab

Venezuela in Crosshairs of Devastation

·July 22, 2021
·Tariq Touré

Public affairs reps attend forum for assessment of current crisis By Allison Brown, Intern in Communications and Public Affairs In conflicts of the past, Venezuela housed thousands of refugees fleeing throughout Latin America, providing a source of stability to neighboring…

Fighting Hunger and Inequalities in Food Access

·July 22, 2021
·ReliefLab

Brown bag education series tackles a top priority By Konah Brownell, Intern in Communications and Public Affairs When it comes to addressing food insecurity, it’s not so much that we don’t have enough to go around. Rather, it has more…

World Refugee Day 2021

·June 27, 2021
·ReliefLab

Addressing the challenge to support refugees By Christina Tobias-Nahi According to the UN High Commission for Refugees 2022 Global Resettlement Needs Report released this month in recognition of World Refugee Day, for the sixth year in a row, Syrian refugees…

Women Entrepreneurs Graduate in VA

·June 22, 2021
·ReliefLab

Dar al-Hijra graduates another class By Kara Brunson High achievers Islamic Relief USA sponsors the sewing academy, a program launched by Dar al-Hijrah Social Services, to support socio-economic development goals for the local community. Students become certified seamstresses upon completion…

IRUSA and FEMA Partner to Fight COVID

·June 21, 2021
·Minhaj Hassan

Houston becomes site for vaccination support by IRUSA Islamic Relief USA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are on a mission to get as many people vaccinated as possible. IRUSA has teamed up with FEMA again, this time in Houston.…

Qurbani the IRUSA Way

·June 21, 2021
·ReliefLab

Putting Qurbani meat in the hands of our neighbors in 2021 With Eid Ul-Fitr in our rearview now begins Hajj season. And as Hajj season enters upon us, we can now shift focus to Islamic Relief's largest global and domestic…

My Ramadan Food-Pack Experience

·May 28, 2021
·Minhaj Hassan

Minhaj Hassan tells his food pack story Back to the blessings It was another weekend devoted to an Islamic Relief USA pack-out in the same Springfield warehouse. And, it felt just as good as the first time. IRUSA volunteers department had…

Palestine in Pain

·May 28, 2021
·ReliefLab

More than 200 people were killed and a thousand more injured as Ramadan closed; Islamic Relief donors moved quickly to deliver aid to those affected Death Toll Rising Over 200 people have died as result of military assaults on residential…

Ramadan Food Pack-Outs a Massive Success

·April 19, 2021
·Minhaj Hassan

Co-written by Christina Tobias-Nahi IRUSA’s volunteer-driven food pack outs return in full force across the nation It was back! A warehouse in Springfield, Virginia was teeming with excitement, dedication, and a sense of mission. Volunteers, of all ages and sizes,…

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