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Orphans Programme

Project Overview

Islamic Relief Palestine launched its orphans welfare programme in early 1999, to provide assistance to Palestinian orphans and their families.

Guardians receive four payments a year to cover the orphan's basic needs, such as food, clothing, housing needs, and health and education expenses. Islamic Relief also takes care of their medical needs and organises summer camps.

Photo: Orphan boy at Islamic Relief Summer Camp

Problem / Project Background

The main purpose of this project is to assist orphaned children through direct sponsorship. Sponsored children have regular health checks, and receive school uniforms and bags fully equipped with all the stationery they will need.

The Orphan Welfare Program currently sponsors more than 4,000 orphans with a total budget of 4.2 million dollars.

The program offers help in the form of financial support. Quarterly payments of 114 Euros are distributed to orphans through the one to one project. Additionally, extra money and gifts provided by some sponsors to their orphans are also delivered to the orphans.

Islamic Relief also organises summer camps for children in our orphan sponsorship programme. This year, 2,265 orphans took part in 22 camps were organised across Gaza and the West Bank.

Project Activities

  • Registration of New Orphans
  • Liaising with orphan support organizations.
  • Distribution of Sponsorship Money
  • follow up visits to orphans to assess their living conditions and eligibility for the sponsorship.
  • Maintain continuous communications between the orphans and their respective sponsors, through progress reports, regular and thanking letters and photos.

Project Objectives

The objectives of this program are to:

  • provide financial assistance to orphans and their families;
  • provide social activities
  • support educational needs
  • monitor health of orphaned children
  • help integrate orphaned children into society

Project Goal

To look after the welfare of orphans by providing financial assistance, health checkups, educational support and by providing social activities.  

Beneficiaries

Over 4,000 Orphans and their families.