Organization: Relief International

All Photos Relief International (RI) is a humanitarian non-profit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance, and program services to vulnerable communities worldwide. RI is solely dedicated to reducing human suffering and is non-political and non-sectarian in its mission.

Focus Areas:	Children, Technology, Disaster Relief, Economic Development, Education, Health, Human Rights, Poverty, Conflict Resolution, Gender & Equality, Microfinance
Countries Served:	All 23 countries: Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bangladesh Ghana Guinea Haiti Indonesia Iraq Jordan Japan Lebanon Sri Lanka Myanmar Niger Nigeria Nepal Pakistan Palestinian Territory, Occupied Sudan Somalia Tajikistan Uganda United States   Summary by region: Asia Africa Latin America & Caribbean Northern America

Description of Services:
RI's programs bridge the gap between immediate emergency relief and long-term community development through innovative humanitarian programming. The organization designs its programs with the input and participation of target beneficiary groups such as women, children and the elderly, whose special needs are often neglected in disasters.
History:
Founded in 1990, Relief International has carried out relief and development operations in countries across the globe. These operations often follow the same process: RI responds to a humanitarian crisis with immediate disaster relief, and maintains a presence in the area for years, implementing long-term sustainability programs.
Accomplishments & Progress:
RI has responded to the crisis in Darfur and now serves more than 50,000 at the Zam Zam clinic in North Darfur. RI has empowered women widowed by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake to support their families through micro-credit loans and business training. In Niger, RI implemented sustainable agricultural programs that had a measurable impact in combating a famine that left nearly 3 million people in danger of starvation.