Embrace Relief is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization which collaborates with volunteers to deliver humanitarian aid and disaster relief to vulnerable communities around the world.
Our teams offer relief in the form of:
Financial Support
Emotional Support
Physical Support
in order to meet the needs of people ravaged by disaster and other misfortune. The foundation collects and distributes supplies to families, individuals and institutions.
When you or your organization partner with Embrace Relief, you join our mission of alleviating suffering and promoting human development throughout the world. With our diverse array of humanitarian programs and ability to reach every corner of the globe, we can ensure your support will reach people in need.
Delivering research-based, sustainable solutions to achieve immediate and lasting improvements in situations of humanitarian emergency and improving the quality of life of individuals and communities enduring chronic hardships.
OUR VISION
Driven by a strong belief in the power of comprehensive development, Embrace Relief is committed to creating a lasting impact in the lives of individuals locally and globally. We implement research-based programs to achieve measurable, sustainable improvements in the lives of those in need. By constantly using research and closely engaging with those we serve, our innovative approach ensures we deliver the most beneficial services.
As volunteers of Embrace Relief in Western America we would like to care for our orphans and honor the memory and ideals of selfless service of Mr. Mehmet Ali Sengül.
Batı Amerika Embrace Relief gönüllüleri olarak yetimlere sahip çıkmak ve mehmet ali Şengül beyin hatırasını ve hizmet idealini yaşatmak istiyoruz
The Qurbani holiday is a time of joy and celebration for millions of people around the world. Unfortunately, there are currently 79.5 million displaced people around the world, of which 31 million are children. This Qurbani holiday, millions of refugee children around the globe will welcome the celebration away from their homes, people they love, and their favorite toys.
Child refugees are among the most vulnerable populations globally and often do not fully comprehend what has happened, why they left their homes, or what will happen. Refugee families often only travel with one bag that holds very little. As the journey to freedom is dangerous and exhausting, their clothes and belonging are often lost or ruined.
In the sixty seconds it will take you to read this, 20 more people will flee their home country out of fear from war, persecution, violence, terror, and fear and become refugees. To become a refugee means leaving everything one knows behind, including family, friends, home. This is extremely difficult for children to comprehend and adjust to.
Refugee students in Greece from our First Bricks after-school education program will receive your gifts on Eid al-Adha.
Please, join us in our mission to help refugee children celebrate Qurbani by sending them gift packages. You can help them remember what it means to be a carefree child again, reclaim their childhood, and help them celebrate this holiday of joy.
Since 2013, Embrace Relief has provided hunger relief to the hundreds of millions of people who struggle to put food on the table all around the world. Reasons they struggle include due to their lack of resources, an extremely unequal income distribution in the world, and conflict within specific countries. Last year, Embrace Relief provided over 1.5 million pounds of food to over 74,000 people worldwide as part of our international hunger relief program. This includes delivering 350 food packages to families in Greece, 700 in Yemen, 100 in Tanzania, and over 18,000 in the United States. This also includes Qurbani meat packages, which are packages that contain meat. Meat in turn contains protein, fat, minerals, and vitamins vital to fighting malnutrition in growing children, a key component of providing hunger relief.
More About Qurbani
Qurbani means sacrifice in Islam, and entails the humane, hygienic slaughtering of sheep, cattle, or goat in order to feed those who don’t have the means or the financial resources to acquire food. In fact, since refrigeration is a rarity in African countries, many people there salt, dry, and grind a Qurbani package’s meat into a powder-like substance they sprinkle into food and drinks. Oftentimes, this is their only source of protein they have access to and they make it last the entire year. Last year, Embrace Relief distributed Qurbani meat packages to over 17,000 families worldwide, including:
4,320 food packages in Qurbani Uganda
3,773 food packages in Qurbani the United States
2,200 food packages in Qurbani Tanzania
1,300 food packages in Qurbani Greece
1,200 food packages in Qurbani Kenya
1,200 food packages in Qurbani Nigeria
1,200 food packages in Qurbani Mali
907 food packages in Qurbani Yemen
800 food packages in Qurbani Burkina Faso
600 food packages in Qurbani Philippines
International Hunger Relief & Qurbani 2021
This year, Embrace Relief is raising its already extremely high international hunger relief bar even higher. So far, we’ve reached 30,000 people worldwide with our food donations and we plan on distributing Qurbani donations as well to thousands more in the following locations to help with international hunger relief:
The United States: 35+ million Americans were already struggling to put food on the table before COVID-19 and this number could rise to more than 50 million, including 17 million children.
Sub-Saharan Africa is still known to have the highest number of undernourished, with 22% of the population. This is expected to increase to 29.4% by 2030
Greece: 50,000+ refugees in Greece are forced into overcrowded refugee camps where they struggle to find food, causing malnutrition and the likelihood of disease.
Yemen: A deadly cholera outbreak, scores of attacks, and COVID-19 have resulted in 16.2 million people in Yemen currently being malnourished, the worst manmade humanitarian disaster in the world according to the UN.
Qurbani Meat Package Prices
Below are the prices of Qurbani share for each country. A single one feeds a whopping 8 families!
Africa: $175
United States: $265
Greece: $265
Yemen $265
(Prices for each Qurbani package differ according to the costs of the country where it was sacrificed and are at minimum market price.)
Please Donate Today
Please consider donating today to help strengthen our food drive and continue to provide international relief to thousands more people in desperate need. Together, we will shine light through their dark times and bring them nutrition, happiness, and hope!
Vision is something many people, including myself, take for granted. My name is Rose Bora and I hadn’t realized the importance of being able to see a sunset until my first retinal surgery in my sophomore year of highschool where I lost 85% of my central vision. To this day I have had 7 retinal surgeries and a cataract surgery, leaving my left eye nearly blind at 17 years old. Thanks to these events, I have realized the value that one’s ability to see brings to life. Despite the obstacles I went through in regards to my vision, thankfully I had reliable healthcare, support from my family and friends, and determined surgeons who gave their blood, sweat, and tears to save a fraction of my vision.
Unfortunately there are people who suffer even worse maladies than I, in fact, 2.2 million people suffer from cataracts in Africa. Cataracts are developed in the eye when the lens in one’s eye fogs up and is usually a result of aging. However, due to the poor climate and sheltering situations, lack of nutritious foods, and extreme sunlight exposure, many young children in Africa are finding themselves developing cataracts at an unnaturally early age. Not only do children as young as five lose their vision early on, but their families often do not have the means to provide for the required surgery to treat their condition, leaving them nearly blind most of their lives. Many children suffering from cataracts state that they were unable to take part in the normal functions of life and that the condition has stolen their childhood from them. It is almost inconceivable to me how difficult these children have it, as it was near impossible to cope with my partial loss of vision for myself even with my fortunate situation.
By knowing first hand how difficult this fight is from going through it myself, I have a burning passion and inspiration to lend a hand to the young children and adults fighting in harsh conditions to save their vision. So I urge you to help me help them and please consider giving a monetary donation to the Fight for Sight Project and provide 25 people with their vision back.
Only 7.5% of all Primary School students in Ethiopia pass the National exam by the end of eighth grade with a score of 50% or above, which allows them to begin high school. And of that group, only 40% actually attend. Part of this issue is due to the enormous lack of study materials available, such as textbooks, pens, and paper, which help students prepare for the exam.As a result, nonprofit humanitarian organizations Boston Dialogue Foundation and Peace Islands Institute Boston—both located in the Greater Boston area in the United States—are banding together with Embrace Relief to send English textbooks to 50 schools in Ethiopia. These books will help 50,000 students have access to English literature that will support them to connect with the world. Please donate today to help us reach our goal of $2500, which will cover the cost of the transportation of a full container full of books. With your help, we can give underprivileged children in Ethiopia the boost they desperately need to carve brighter, happier futures for both themselves, their country, and future generations.
We want our teachers to be flexible while they are teaching. We are planning to get our teachers laptops and graphics tablets. This way they can have a good experience while are teaching. 20 of our teachers don’t have laptops or graphic tablets. They are teaching from their phones. This is why we want your helps. We would appreciate if you can donate for our teacher. Thank you for your support.
We want our students have a good experience while they are online. For our English classes we are planning to get a online reading program so that our students can have the best reading experience. We are planning to get Raz Kids. Raz Kids is a reading program where our teachers are going to be flexible and where our students can read and have fun. Please support us by donating. Thank you for your support, we apperiace it.
Would you like to help us out to get books for our students? We want to get books for our 500 students that just past to reading and writing. We are going to give these books to our 14 kindergarten classes. These books are going to the age group 5-12 in Athens, Greece. If you would like to help us out on this project please donate. Thank you for your support, we appereciate it.
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