Islamic Relief has established a community farm in Rangpur to improve the earning capacity of the community to and improve living standards. The community farm is used to train local farmers on how to get the most out their farms and diaries.

The community farm also acts as a training centre for IR staff where they learn how to increase agricultural productivity and manage resources efficiently.

The Community Farm Training project complements the Community Action Project (CAP). The project comprises four main components, a dairy farm, beef fattening, a fishery and a nursery. These act as demonstration farms where training is carried out, however the farming activities themselves generate income.

The project is designed to improve the income generation capacity of the community.

Project Objectives

• Establishing and maintaining demonstration farms for the community
• Providing training to local farmers
• Improve the income generation capacity of the community
• Development skills in farm-training management for IR aid workers

Project Activities

• Establishing a demonstration dairy, fishery and a nursery
• Provide training
• Cooperate with the Community Action Project to transfer farming technologies and techniques to the community
• Establishing a community farm
• Establishing links with other agencies for marketing the produce of the community farm

"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/