Human Relief Foundation

Human Relief Foundation (HRF) is a charity established in the United Kingdom in response to the Gulf War in 1991.

Human Relief Foundation
Founded1991
FocusEducation, Health, Orphans, Water, Emergency Relief.
Location
OriginsManchester, England
Revenue
£6.5 Million (2017)[1]
Disbursements£4.58 Million (2017)[1]
Expenses£1.3 Million (2017)[1]
Websitewww.hrf.org.uk

Following the 2003 Iraq war, HRF provided training courses for doctors and sent a considerable number of medical staff from the UK to help train the Iraqi doctors.[2][3][4][5][6]

HRF responds to emergency situations by providing aid in different parts of the world. HRF was one of the charities in the UK which participated in raising up to £500,000 in response to the earthquake in Sri Lanka in 2004.[7]

HRF works to improve the living standards of people who are in need through a number of development programmes, with the director of HRF Nabeel Ramadhani stating that HRF has helped Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.[3][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Charity Details". beta.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ Claire Lomax (7 March 2008). "Bradford health staff help Iraq". Telegraph and Argus. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. The Human Relief Foundation (HRF), which was set up in 1991 in response to the Gulf War, aims to train more than 150 Iraqi doctors this year in a bid to make up for the 5,000 medical staff who have fled the country since 2003
  3. ^ a b Richard Kerbaj (5 September 2008). "British aid workers risk arrest in Gaza". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Nabeel Ramadhani, the director of the Human Relief Foundation, said that his organisation helped Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan and did not have an office in the Palestinian territories. It has also been wrongly named Humanitarian Relief Foundation by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The reason behind it [the proscription] is not clear for me," he said. "I never dealt with anyone in the Government in the Palestinian territories."
  4. ^ "At-a-glance: UK aid drive". BBC News. 29 December 2004.
  5. ^ Merhala Selvarajah (27 July 2006). "Surplus hospital beds on their way to Iraq". Crosby Herald. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
  6. ^ Peter Lazenby (2 January 2006). "'We've put roofs over 2,000 refugees' heads'". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012.
  7. ^ David Derbyshire (30 December 2004). "Benn reacts to critics by raising aid to £15m". the telegraph.
  8. ^ Human Relief Report. "What we do".
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