IRUSA has been responding to emergencies across the country for more than a decade. Since 2011, DMT has responded to more than 50 disasters. When Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida in September 2024, IRUSA responded immediately – deploying staff and volunteers to perform muck outs of damaged homes.
While issues related to the delivery of humanitarian aid persist, IRUSA partners are continuing to work on the following interventions:
- Food parcels from local Gaza farmers for displaced families
- Hygiene kits for shelter residents
- Medical supplies for Hayfa, Al-Awda & Al-Ahli Arab hospitals
- Mobile clinic access for 23,400 shelter residents
- Trauma care for 4,000-5,000 people
- Winter aid: blankets, mattresses & clothing
The vision at IRUSA is a world free of poverty – and hunger is deeply intertwined with poverty. More than enough food is produced around the world to feed the global population. However, more than 44 million people in the US are food insecure, forced to turn to food banks, food pantries, and community organizations to help feed their families.
Food aid is the largest sector of IRUSA’s humanitarian aid. Our food aid programs range from worldwide distribution during the Ramadan and Qurbani seasons to mobilized deliveries right here at home. Across the globe, we’re working hard to make sure that our neighbors have enough to eat.
IRUSA is dedicated to helping vulnerable communities build better, healthier lives for themselves and for generations to come.
A few of our interventions include:
- Providing medical supplies to health facilities and hospitals in Gaza
- Provision of a mobile clinic for Syrian refugees and host communities alike in Jordan
- Increasing the capacity of hospitals and healthcare facilities, helping reduce the risk of malnutrition among mothers and babies, and psychosocial support for IDPs in Sudan
- Access to a midwifery training program in Yemen
Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA) is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to providing aid and sustainable development programs worldwide. One of its key initiatives is microfinance, which empowers individuals and small businesses by offering interest-free loans and financial support to promote self-sufficiency. Through crowdfunding efforts, IRUSA helps entrepreneurs, especially in underserved communities, access capital to start or expand their businesses. These programs align with Islamic principles of social justice and economic empowerment, ensuring that vulnerable populations can build stable livelihoods and break the cycle of poverty.
At IRUSA, we’re truly dedicated to building programming that helps communities build better futures for themselves and for generations to come.
A few of our interventions include:
- Providing business-skills training for IDPs in Burkina Faso
- Supporting the agricultural sector across East Africa through providing farmers with the tools they need to succeed
- Enrolling women in entrepreneurial training to enhance self-sufficiency in Kenya
- Improving the economic well-being of youth in Iraq through skill-based training
- Providing skill-based training and access to employment opportunities for men, women, and youth in Yemen
- Providing access to employment opportunities to young entrepreneurs with climate-resilient business ideas in Morocco
IRUSA orphan sponsors are helping transform the lives of children by providing access to basic needs like food, healthcare, education, shelter, and so much more. IRUSA donors are currently sponsoring nearly 23,000 orphans. Become the newest person to join this community of compassionate sponsors today for just $100/month ($1,200/year) and help provide the care and support that can help an orphan escape extreme poverty.
RUSA’s water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs aim to rebuild community infrastructure through interventions like solar-powered water resources and raising awareness on best practices regarding sanitation and hygiene. Around the world, we’re helping vulnerable communities build better lives for themselves and for generations to come.
A few of our interventions include:
- Improving the wellbeing of 5,150 families living in the Tyre, Zahrani, and Nabatieh regions of South Lebanon through access to hygiene kits, including 500 kits for infants
- Drought response in the Horn of Africa including access to water trucking, construction of boreholes and latrines, and hygiene awareness promotion sessions
Despite winter lasting one season, IRUSA works year-round to build programming that helps vulnerable people cope with harsh winter weather. This year, we’re working to provide winter aid to 68,507 people across 17 countries in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East including refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and orphan families. This includes the following interventions:
- Food aid
- Warm clothing
- Blankets and mattresses
- Gas heaters and firewood
- Materials to reconstruct homes that have been damaged
At IRUSA, we’re truly dedicated to building programming that helps uplift women and provides access to the tools they need to build better lives for themselves and for generations to come.
A few of our interventions include:
- Enhancing the socio-economic empowerment of 450 women-led families in the provinces of Balkh, Herat, and Bamyan in Afghanistan through skill-based training and small business development
- Helping break the cycle of poverty for vulnerable families in Mali through the promotion of women in community-level decision-making
