2018 Annual Report

Islamic Relief Worldwide Annual Report and Financial Statements 2018 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful Contents Message from the Chair of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer 04 Islamic Relief Worldwide’s vision and mission 08 Strategic partners 09 Our year at a glance 10 Structure, governance and management 12 Where we work and how many people we helped this year 14 Executive management team and trustees’ responsibilities 16 Trustees’ strategic report Goal 1: Reducing the impact of conflicts and natural disasters 18 Goal 2: Empowering communities to emerge from poverty and vulnerability 26 Goal 3: Mobilising people and funds 28 Goal 4 : Strengthening the federation 34 Principal risks and uncertainties 38 Rehmi sits on the ruins of her home in Palu, Indonesia. She and her family managed to get to safety when a Financial statements deadly tsunami struck in September 2018. Like so many others, they lost everything they owned. Undaunted, Financial review 40 Rehmi used her knowledge of the community to help us get food, water, blankets and tarpaulin to survivors. Independent auditor’s report 43 Nearly 15,000 people in total were reached by Islamic Relief’s emergency response to the disaster. Financial statements 45 Corporate directory 66 © Islamic Relief Worldwide 2019 This publication including text, photos and design, unless stated otherwise is subject to copyright. The contained text may be used free of charge for the purposes of advocacy, campaigning, education and research, provided that the source is acknowledged in full. Islamic Relief Worldwide requests that all such use be registered with us to monitor the impact for advocacy purposes. For usage in any other circumstances, translation or adaptation, permission must be sought and a fee may be charged. For further information, please email [email protected] Message from the Chair of Trustees “I want to help and Chief Executive Officer other injured children” “I dream of living in a safe place away Assalamu alaykum from the bombing of warplanes.” Six-year old Sumaya and her family Peace be with you have been searching for safety since war reached their home in Raqqa, Syria. It is difficult to put into words how the ongoing wars marriage, gender-based violence and female genital Fleeing the fighting, they moved from in Syria and Yemen are devastating the people of both mutilation/cutting. This year we also became a place to place until they reached Zinbq nations, but year after year our dedicated teams on the member of the UN Faith Advisory Council, and along camp, north of Idlib. ground work tirelessly to provide a measure of relief. with Christian and Jewish partners, highlighted the “I was playing in the camp yard with my importance of faith-based humanitarian work at the With 11.7 million Syrians in need of humanitarian friends when suddenly we heard the aid, this year we provided over 1.6 million people US Congress. sound of a plane and ran away from in the country with life-saving support. In Yemen, it,” says Sumaya. Moments later she 2018 was a year of growth and creativity for Islamic where a staggering 22 million people remain at remembers “feeling like I was flying in the risk, we witnessed the most desperate conditions, Relief as we secured several innovative bids from sky. I do not remember anything more including pockets of famine. Amidst the dangers of European funding bodies including SIDA’s new Human except that I woke up in hospital.” war, our teams fearlessly delivered baskets of food Security and Stability Unit. Our global microfinance Sumaya was wounded by shrapnel from and emergency nutrition, trucked water into camps, portfolio exceeded a record-breaking £6 million, providing Shariah-compliant loans to 16,000 people a missile fired by the plane, and was in supported health centres and provided hope for intensive care for several months. She had this year. We received registration to fundraise in 1.2 million people. a number of operations to remove metal Turkey this year and two of our pilot programmes are fragments from her back but could not We are truly proud of our dedicated staff who now paving the way for self-reliant field offices. walk. deliver aid in the most challenging and dangerous circumstances, but we call upon the international Sadly, our unique access to some conflict areas carries “She had no desire for treatment,” says community to do more to end human suffering. We its own risks and while we have robust procedures to the doctor overseeing her physiotherapy know the world has the means to end the war in protect our staff, we cannot always keep them safe. at a medical centre supported by Islamic Relief, “but after several sessions there Yemen, but it needs to act fast. We pray this happens We pay tribute to our colleague, Ahmed Abdulle, who lost his life in Mogadishu, Somalia. Ahmed was off duty were signs of response, and we began to soon, and when it does, Islamic Relief will God-willing feel her desire for treatment.” be there to help rebuild some of what was lost. when an explosive device targeting a military convoy exploded, and he died in the indiscriminate gunfire that Now Sumaya is able to walk a few steps. We are sincerely grateful to those whose donations followed. Tragedies like this are a constant reminder “I am able to play with my friends again,” provided the resources for our work. Their generosity not to take any of our work - or our ability to serve she says. “I hope to grow up and become pushed our total income beyond last year’s record others - for granted. a doctor at one of the physiotherapy figure to reach £127.9m. The student-led Charity centres so I can help the children injured Week initiative alone raised £1.3 million, with young As we present to you our Annual Report 2018, in this war.” volunteers leading the way in our global fundraising we thank you for supporting our humanitarian, efforts. The incredible generosity of our donors in development and campaigning work once again this 2018 allowed us to deliver our largest ever Ramadan year. In particular, we extend our sincere gratitude and Qurbani food distributions, as well as reach to our partners who continue to support not only the communities whose suffering goes largely unnoticed large-scale ongoing crises year after year, but smaller by the rest of the world. emergencies that receive so little attention. May Allah accept all our efforts to serve humanity - in accordance The west African countries in which Islamic Relief with our values - with sincerity, compassion, works are among the poorest in the world, yet they excellence, custodianship and social justice. are some of the most neglected. Our teams in Mali, Niger and Chad work with relatively limited resources, inspired by local communities who make the very best of the precious little they have. We have witnessed first-hand their strength of faith, resilience and Lamia El Amri generosity that is unmatched, and sincerely hope Chair of the Board of Trustees, there will be a greater commitment to supporting and Islamic Relief Worldwide empowering them in the coming years. Among the many achievements highlighted in this report we are particularly proud of pioneering an Islamic Declaration on Gender Justice. This important Naser Haghamed initiative promotes justice from a faith perspective, Chief Executive Officer, tackling harmful practices such as early and forced Islamic Relief Worldwide 4 5 CLIMATE ACTION CONSULTATIONS HELD IN 12 COUNTRIES 3.9 MILLION PEOPLE REACHED GLOBALLY WITH EMERGENCY RESPONSE FIRST ISLAMIC OVER 60,000 ORPHANED CHILDREN DECLARATION ON SPONSORED GENDER JUSTICE PIONEERED 3.5 MILLION LIVES IMPROVED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN 31 COUNTRIES NEARLY OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE GIVEN QURBANI 850,000 MEAT IN PEOPLE EMPOWERED TO EARN A DIGNIFIED 35 COUNTRIES LIVING Islamic Relief Worldwide’s Strategic partners vision and mission Thank you to all our strategic partners, including: Inspired by our Islamic faith and guided by our values, we envisage a caring world where communities are empowered, social obligations are fulfilled and people respond as one to the suffering of others. We work to provide lasting routes out of poverty, empowering people to transform their lives and serving all communities without prejudice. Our global goals Reducing the humanitarian 1 impact of conflicts and Our global goals natural disasters aim to ensure we respond effectively Empowering communities to humanitarian 2 to emerge from poverty and emergencies, vulnerability contribute significantly to the UN Sustainable Mobilising people and Development Goals 3 funds to support our work and advocate for positive social change. Strengthening the Islamic 4 Relief federation 8 9 Our income and expenditure: 2018 Where the money came from Where the money was spent Source of funding Total % 2018 Islamic Relief Australia 1.2% Protecting life and dignity 51.3% Islamic Relief Belgium 1.1% Supporting education 2.4% Islamic Relief Canada 10.1% Voluntary income Donations Providing access(excluding to partners) 8.9%from overseas Islamic Relief Germany 7.8% health and water Islamic Relief Netherlands 2.0% Grants Investment management 0.1% Islamic Relief Ireland 0.1% £140(endowment funds) £140 Islamic Relief Italy 0.3% Islamic Relief Malaysia 1.7% Legal and statutory compliance 0.5% (governance) Islamic Relief Mauritius 1.0% £120 £120 Islamic Relief Norway 0.1% Caring for orphans and 20.3% Islamic Relief South Africa 1.1% £100vulnerable children £100 Islamic Relief Spain 0.2% £128 Fundraising and publicity

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