United Mission For Relief And Development Umr

PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE SUCH AS MEDICINES, HEALTHCARE, FOOD, WATER, AND HYGIENE SUPPLIES TO DISPLACED, DISADVANTAGED PERSONS, AND REFUGEES DUE TO DISASTERS AND WARS.

HEALTHCARE:UMR'S HEALTH PROGRAM SERVED 440,402 PEOPLE DIRECTLY AND 2,272,300 BENEFICIARIES INDIRECTLY AND MADE UP 19% OF OUR PROJECT PORTFOLIO IN 2021. WORKING ACROSS 7 COUNTRIES ON 9 TOTAL PROJECTS, UMR DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: MEDICAL SHIPMENTS FOR VULNERABLE, DISPLACED, AND REFUGEE POPULATIONS; SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PREVENTABLE DISEASE LIKE CATARACT AND LOW VISION; HEARING AID EVALUATIONS AND FITTING; AS WELL AS MEDICAL MISSIONS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEALTHCARE TREATMENTS AND GIFTS-IN-KIND TO SUPPORT LOCAL UNDER-RESOURCED HOSPITAL SET UP WITH EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.GIFTS IN KINDUMR BOASTS A STRONG MEDICAL GIFT IN KIND SUPPLY CHAIN. WE WORK WITH PRIVATE MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO PROCURE MEDICAL SUPPLIES RANGING FROM DISPOSABLES SUCH AS GLOVES, BANDAGES, AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO EQUIPMENT CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF A HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION SUCH AS X-RAY AND ULTRASOUND MACHINES. THIS IS A CRITICAL TOOL FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF HOSPITALS AS IT FREES UP MONETARY RESOURCES TO HIRE NEW DOCTORS AND REDUCE THE COST BURDEN ON PATIENTS. IN 2021 THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED IN-KIND PHARMACEUTICAL DONATION AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:PROGRAM SERVICES - IN KIND SUDAN $488,280.00 YEMEN $520,900.00 LEBANON $1,757,040.00 PALESTINE $10,074,048.00 JORDAN (SYRIAN REFUGEES) $5,283,687.47 KENYA $169,811.00 NIGERIA $101,685.00

EDUCATION: IN 2021, UMR'S EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM SUPPORTED 4,311 PEOPLE DIRECTLY IN JORDAN AND KENYA. UMR DELIVERED 3 PROJECTS INCLUDING TUITION SUPPORT AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AND THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL CAMPAIGN PROVIDED SCHOOLS SUPPLIES TO CHILDREN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. OUR PARTNERS INCLUDED MORE THAN FIFTEEN SCHOOLS, ORPHANAGES, YOUTH CENTERS, AND WOMEN'S LITERACY ASSOCIATIONS.MENA YOUTH IN HUMANITARIAN ACTIONUMR HAS JOINED THE COMPACT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION HEADQUARTERED IN THE UNITED NATIONS. THE GOAL BEHIND THIS DOMESTIC INSTITUTE IS TO ACHIEVING THE LEARNING AND GROWING PERSPECTIVE OF UMR'S MISSION THROUGH DEVELOPING MODELS AND MANUALS, IMPLEMENTING TRAININGS AND INSTILLING A CULTURE OF RESEARCH-BASED PROJECTS WITHIN UMR.

POVERTY REDUCTION:IN 2021, UMR DELIVERED 24 POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECTS TO 199,201 PEOPLE IN 8 COUNTRIES, CONTRIBUTING TO THE UN'S 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG.1, SDG.2, AND SDG.9). EIGHTY PERCENT (80% ) OF OUR POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECTS FOCUSED ON FOOD SECURITY, AND TWENTY PERCENT (20% ) ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RELIEF. FOOD ASSISTANCEOUR RAMADAN AND QURBANI FOOD PROGRAMS PROVIDED FOOD PARCELS, AND A MIX OF IFTAR MEALS, EID AND ZAKAT CASH VOUCHERS TO FAMILIES LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY, AND REACHED 172,384 PEOPLE ACROSS 8 COUNTRIES. ALTHOUGH UMR PROVIDES FOOD ASSISTANCE THROUGH A VARIETY OF ITS PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CULTURAL OCCASIONS LIKE RAMADAN AND EID QURBANI CELEBRATIONS TO DELIVER DIGNIFIED AND CULTURALLY-SENSITIVE NOURISHMENT OPTIONS. OUR QURBANI AND RAMADAN FOOD PROGRAMS DO NOT ONLY AIM TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND MALNOURISHMENT WITH ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD, BUT ALSO WORKS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND TO SOCIAL INCLUSION WHICH ARE SPECIFIC TO REFUGEES, THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED, AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDEWASH:IN 2021, UMR DELIVERED 4 WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE (WASH) PROJECTS TO 26,210 PEOPLE IN 4 COUNTRIES, BANGLADESH, KENYA, PAKISTAN, AND SOMALIA, CONTRIBUTING TO THE UN'S 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG.6). CLEAN WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE AREBASELINE DISEASE PREVENTION MEASURES AGAINST AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE. SHORTAGE OF CLEAN WATER IS THUS A GREAT RISK FACTOR FOR ILLNESS ESPECIALLY DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS LIKE THE COVID-19PANDEMIC.WOMEN EMPOWERMENT & LIVELIHOODS:UMR'S JASMINE PROJECT, THE JASMINE PROJECT ADVANCES THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF SYRIAN REFUGEE WOMEN THROUGH SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING. UMR'S GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TOOLS FOR WOMEN TO TURN THEIR ABILITIES INTO MARKETABLE SKILLS THAT WILLALLOW THEM TO PROSPER. JASMINE'S TRAININGS ARE NOT LIMITED TO COMMUNITY WOMEN, BUT ALSO TARGET YOUTH IN UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS DURING SUMMER BREAK TO TEACH THEM PROFESSIONAL CRAFTS AND HANDICRAFTS. THE JASMINE PROJECT HAS AROUND 10,000 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES SO FAR, WITH MORE THAN 60,000 INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES WHEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT RELATED FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS.