Human Relief Foundation (HRF) is a charity set up by the United Kingdom in 1991. Since the last war on Iraq (2003), HRF paid attention for the training courses for doctors. It sent a considerable number of medical staff from the UK to help train the Iraqi doctors on various subjects. HRF thinks that the need for qualified doctors in Iraq is increasing as a result of the deteriorating situation. So it is aiming to train 5,000 doctors during the coming years, hoping that they will keep them updated with the latest knowledge of Medicine available in the world.
HRF responds to the emergency situations by providing aid to the damaged areas in different parts of the world, and it tries to reduce the major losses caused by these disasters. HRF was one of the charities in the UK which participated to raise up to £500,000 as response to the earthquake happened in Sri Lanka in 2004.
HRF working to improve the living standards of the people who are in need through preparing a number of development programmes, According to The Times the director of Human Relief Foundation Nabeel Ramadhani said, HRF has helped the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, although there is no office in Palestine.
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Human Relief Foundation (HRF) is an International Non-Governmental Organisation (UK Charity Commission registration No. 1126281) seeking to promote sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities through relief and development programmes, as well as supporting people in need to build a better life and find their own solutions to local and global problems.
From the initial humanitarian relief programmes launched in 1991 to alleviate the suffering of war-affected people in Iraq, HRF has expanded into different regions of the world and continuously strengthened and broadened its activities to incorporate development cooperation, conflict transformation and humanitarian diplomacy. With seven permanent offices strategically located around the world (Bradford, Amman, Baghdad, Islamabad, Khartoum, London, Mosul, Paris), HRF is now able to provide assistance globally whenever and wherever it is needed.
Our work has gained international recognition and in April 2003 HRF was granted Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. We count World Food Programme, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN-Habitat and the World Health Organisation amongst our partners.
External links
- www.hrf.org.uk Human Relief Foundation WorldWide
- Charity Commission. Human Relief Foundation, registered charity no. 1126281.Â
