The Summer School helps orphaned children recover from the war with games, sports activities and education. All the orphans who attend the Summer school are sponsored through IR's one-to-one Sponsorship Programme.   

The Summer School provides orphaned children with access to social, educational and recreational activities.

The orphans also receive medical examinations and psychological support at the camps.

The Summer School provides extra-curricular activities to help orphans build social skills and to enjoy themselves.

The Summer Schools are organised every year and orphans who participate in the Summer Schools say that they enjoy the experience.

The activities are designed to improve the physical health of the orphans and to raise their spirits. The children who attend are given four meals a day and are all assessed by a psychologist. 

In Bosnia, many children who have parents spend their summers on the coast or in the mountains, so the orphans enjoy the chance to spend their summer holidays at the camp.

Project Objectives

"Islamic Relief is striving for a fairer world. Our mission is to help the poor and needy to live sustainable, self-reliant lives within safe and caring communities. Our work is guided and shaped by the core values of accountability, humanitarianism, neutrality and impartiality, inclusiveness, integrity and co-operation, all of which are also integral to the Islamic faith."
Dr Hany El Banna - Founder of Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief was established in 1984 and our unique approach is the result of these many years of hands-on experience.

1. Where possible we adopt a community partnership-based approach; encouraging community involvement, understanding and ownership of projects.
2. We run the majority of our field projects ourselves, giving us direct insight into the problems faced and how best to solve them.
3. We aim to empower those we help in order to achieve sustainable results.
4. Though our emergency response teams are quick to respond to emergencies around the world, we continue to support communities long after the initial media interest has died down.
5. We recruit staff locally to benefit from their local knowledge. This ensures that we are culturally sensitive and allows us to reach communities and areas other organisations cannot.
6. Where necessary we coordinate our work with other reputable aid agencies, local organisations and governments.

Millennium Development Goals

Islamic Relief is committed to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which have been agreed by the world’s leading development institutions in an effort to meet the needs of the world’s poorest by the year 2015. 

The goals:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

For more information about the MDGs, please visit: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/