In September 2023, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Marrakech, leaving thousands of people dead and even more injured. The earthquake remains the strongest to hit the nation’s center in more than a century, affecting over 300,000 people in the major city and surrounding areas. In response, Islamic Relief worked with local partners to provide immediate emergency aid including access to proper healthcare, essential non-food items, cash assistance, and even shelter. To this day, we continue to focus on long-term development aid.

Morocco is slowly becoming more arid and is highly vulnerable to climate change. Increased temperatures and changing rainfall patterns are expected to lead to recurring drought and a subsequent decrease in agricultural productivity. In turn, families across the country are projected to suffer loss of livelihood and major food insecurity.

Earlier this year, Islamic Relief committed to help families across Morocco. In addition to our initial emergency response, our focus is on long-term development assistance to help pull vulnerable communities out of the cycle of poverty.

A few interventions include:

• Food aid

• Sustainable livelihood support including employment opportunities for young entrepreneurs with climate resilient business ideas

• Emergency aid, including healthcare, shelter, hygiene kits, and winter aid (when applicable) for families affected by natural disasters including earthquakes

Islamic Relief has been working in the Middle East since 1997. Not only have we been able to provide immediate and long-term aid to those in desperate need, but we've also helped bring compassion, comfort, and hope back into the hearts of families across the region. Now, nearly 30 years later, the Islamic Relief global family continues to deliver life-saving aid across eight Middle Eastern countries including Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Tunisia, and Yemen.

A few of our interventions include:

• Food aid

• Access to clean and safe water, education, and healthcare

• Sustainable livelihood support

• Orphan family support

• Enhancing resilience for vulnerable populations including internally displaced people, refugees, and host communities

• Emergency aid for natural disasters

• Women empowerment

• Winter aid

When you make the decision to help fundraise for the effort, you go beyond just thoughts and prayers. This increased IMPACT is priceless, because it means we’re able to meet more needs of those who are waiting for us to lend a helping hand.

And if you're reading this message, it's because you want to go beyond the call the duty. For you, it's not enough to just keep those children in your thoughts and prayer.  You want to double your impact by helping to sponsor these emergency efforts and helping deliver aid to those affected by creating a fundraising page. Get started by creating your page today!

We’re so glad you came. Just scroll to the top of the page and click "become a fundraiser" to setup your page and start promoting to your network via e-mail, social media, and your preferred messaging app. Even with a goal as small as $50, you can provide urgent food aid for families.