IHH makes relief activities against poverty, wars and disasters in 5 continents and 135 countries without distinguishing people in need due to their races, religions and languages.
No matter where they are we are delivering aid to the suffering people affected by wars, natural disasters and other catastrophes.
Human Rights
In addition to our activities aimed at presenting human rights violations we are engaged with crisis prevention efforts as well.
Humanitarian Diplomacy
In cases where diplomacy fails and people suffer as a result, we act as negotiators to find a solution to the conflicts.
Emergency Aid
Regardless of faith, race and religion we are trying to reach out to all the people suffering wars and catastrophes and in need of emergency help around the globe.
Search and Rescue
We act on natural disasters to provide immediate needs of those affected with our constantly on call search and rescue teams.
Volunteer Works
We are able to carry out relief activities around the world thanks to the blessing of God and constant prayers and support of thousands of our friends of soul.
Raising Awareness
We reach out to our thousands of volunteers with awareness campaigns to spread justice around the world and organize conferences and meetings together.
Cataract which is a curable disease causes thousands of people go blind due to lack of resources and opportunities for medical treatment. IHH has facilitated the cataract surgeries for 85.944 patients to regain eyesight.
Orphan
The number of orphan children supported through IHH’s Orphan Sponsorship Program reached 85.000 across 56 countries.
Syria
Syrian war, which caused 300.000 deaths and 12 million people fleed their homes, seems to have no end. The country is in rubbles as the war enters its 6th year.
Water
Many people in various countries can not reach the clean water they need. In a World in which billions of people unable to reach improved water resources diseases are getting more widespread.
Palestine / Gaza
Gaza under longtime embargo and blockade is the largest open-air prison in the world. IHH reached out to 1,5 million Palestinians in 2015.
Mavi Marmara
Legal struggle for justice for Mavi Marmara continues in 6th year of occupier Israel’s attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla.
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We are launching an aid campaign for Palestinian refugees living in difficult conditions in the camps in Lebanon.
Hundreds of thousands of people continue their lives in need of help due to the ongoing war in Syria for many years. With the coming of winter, life in the camps will become more difficult.
Droughts, rapid population growth, and pollution threaten the water resources. Decrease in the water resources will create more problems for the humanity.
This year, IHH will celebrate the 10th Orphan Solidarity Day. In commemorating the day, almost 92.000 orphans will benefit from the 236 projects materialized in 25 countries and regions including Turkey.
Throughout 2020, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation opened 1.311 water wells in 22 countries. With the opening of these water wells throughout the year, drinking water needs for 525.000 people are now met.
IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation distributed food packets to refugees struggling to survive in the Lipa camp in the city of Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation delivered food and hygiene packets to the hurricane victims in Colombia and Guatemala. 5.700 people benefitted from these aid efforts.
IHH and 21 other NGOs launched the “Palestinian Camps-Development and Improvement Campaign” held at the MÜSİAD (Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association) Headquarters with the aim of improving the living conditions of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation performed cataract surgeries on 14.055 people last year in different countries as part of the “Cataract Surgery Project” carried with the slogan “An Eye Sees the World.”
Last year, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation constructed 14.000 briquette houses for Syrians struggling to survive due to the domestic war in Syria. The construction of another 6.000 briquette and concrete houses is continuing.
IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation met the various needs of more than 106.000 orphans in the form of monthly support throughout 2020. IHH also hosted orphans in 39 orphanages.
Turkey united together to protest against Chinese persecution in East Turkestan. IHH organized a silent march accompanied by torches, and a press conference in Istanbul with the participation of tens of thousands, and the support of many NGOs.
On 10 December, commemorated as the Human Rights Day, a march was organized from Fatih Mosque to Saraçhane Park to demand the immediate release of the thousands of young, old, women and men detained in Egyptian prisons. Thousands of people are currently imprisoned under appalling conditions and suffering from torture. People from various occupation groups including scientists, lawyers, doctors, politicians, musicians and engineers are imprisoned and losing their lives; sometimes by execution following the death sentences issued in the so-called court hearings, and sometimes because of the appalling conditions. Occasionally these prisoners who are not even allowed to see their families or lawyers try to make the world hear their voices by going on hunger strikes.
Two Turkish citizens detained by Haftar’s forces in the Libyan city of Sirte were rescued through a collaboration of the Turkish Consulate in Misrata, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation and the Misrata Red Crescent. Yusuf Gürün and Vahit Kiraz landed at the Istanbul Airport at 02.30 on a Tripoli-Istanbul flight. They were welcomed by IHH officials. There were emotional moments at the airport when the two Turkish citizens that were detained in Libya for almost eight months landed. Both of them then traveled to Adana on the first plane available to reunite with their families.
Chairman of the Hungary Islamic Community Zoltan Bolek visited IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Headquarters and met Osman Atalay, member of IHH Board of Trustees.
Rizkina; Just one of the 100 thousand orphans IHH sponsored for years, until it stood on its own feet. After her father passed away, her life intersected with our foundation, and she was now riveted to never leave.