Emergency Response

Emergency Response

4,000 USD raised

100,000 USD goal40k Donations

During an emergency, an immediate response can be the difference between life and death. IRUSA works to respond immediately to provide relief and aid to communities facing natural disasters and emergencies. Recent emergencies that IRUSA responded to included flooding, earthquakes, drought, wildfires, and political conflict.

Learn more about how IRUSA prepares for an emergency response.
During an emergency, an immediate response can be the difference between life and death. IRUSA works to respond immediately to provide relief and aid to communities facing natural disasters and emergencies. Recent emergencies that IRUSA responded to included flooding, earthquakes, drought, wildfires, and political conflict.

Learn more about how IRUSA prepares for an emergency response.

Safaa, Syria

Safaa and her daughters were displaced after the 2023 earthquakes in Aleppo. With IRUSA’s cash assistance, they paid rent, covered medical costs, and began repairs to their damaged home.

During an emergency, an immediate response can be the difference between life and death

During an emergency, an immediate response can be the difference between life and death. IRUSA works to respond immediately to provide relief and aid to communities facing natural disasters and emergencies. Recent emergencies that IRUSA responded to included flooding, earthquakes, drought, wildfires, and political conflict.

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Our Dedication to Emergency Response

IRUSA works to respond to emergencies around the world and right here at home. When emergencies take place in the US, we work with agencies on the ground to coordinate disaster response and often deploy our Disaster Management Team (DMT) to the emergency site.

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Emergency Response by Disaster Type (2024)

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Allocation of Emergency Response Funds (2024)

the assistance was lifesaving for Safaa. She used this assistance to cover her debt and pay for rent. Safaa also used part of the cash assistance to take her daughter Tasnim to the hospital for care.

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Make an impact

100$

Provide emergency food aid to survivors across the world.

225$

Deliver tools and temporary shelters when emergency survivors need them most.

500$

Create vocational training programs to uplift entire communities.

Latest Update

June 30, 2025

Islamic Giving

.Global health inequity is an unfortunate and harsh reality. Nearly 3.5 billion people, almost half the world’s population, lack access to the health services they need.

September 2, 2025

Health services

In Islam, Muslims are encouraged to give charitably through both obligatory and voluntary giving. Islamic giving rewards the giver with good deeds and blessings, and recipients can be vulnerable people in need in our communities or around the world.

September 2, 2025

Food Aids

Our Dedication to Fighting Hunger Our vision at IRUSA is a world free of poverty – and hunger is deeply intertwined with poverty.