World Relief Germany (formerly PartnerAid International, PAI, current official name: World Relief Deutschland e. V.) is a German-based non-denominational Christian

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. The International Office is located in

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. The main focus of its work concentrates on 3 thematic areas: Development-oriented Emergency Aid; Health, Water & Nutrition and Education & Livelihood. In 2014 the organization joined the

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-family, based in the US. PartnerAid International changed their name to World Relief Germany, the PartnerAid sister organizations in

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still act under the name of

PartnerAid World Relief Germany (formerly PartnerAid International, PAI, current official name: World Relief Deutschland e. V.) is a German-based non-denominational Christian humanitarian organization. The International Office is located in Berlin. The m ...

Operations

World Relief Germany partners with people of disadvantaged communities through relief and development assistance, in the three areas as established in 2007: Development-oriented Emergency Aid; Health, Water & Nutrition; and Education & Livelihoods. World Relief Germany is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for ICRC, The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, a set of basic professional principles which set standards for good practice in disaster relief.

History

PartnerAid was first established in 1998 by a group of Christians determined to make an active contribution, and providing aid and assistance on a voluntary basis, to overcome suffering and poverty in the countries of

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. In 2014, its name changed to World Relief Germany after partnering with

. To date World Relief Germany has implemented activities in six countries mainly in the

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and is currently operational in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

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, Somaliland,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. The number of beneficiaries from activities in World Relief Germany's main project locations in 2016 totaled 130.341 in eight countries, with an expenditure totaling €2,340,900.

Organizational structure

World Relief Germany – World Relief Deutschland e.V. is a registered association recognized as a

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. The organizational structure of the association is composed of the General Assembly of Members, the

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and the

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. Operational field programmes are directly responsible to the executive board but are supported by the operations department of the International Office. The staff members of World Relief Germany are either employed staff members or work on a voluntary basis in the International Office or are directly involved in the projects.

Affiliation

* Deutsch-Jemenitische Gesellschaft (German – Yemeni Society) * Erlassjahr.de (association of German development policy organizations) * Gemeinsam gegen Menschenhandel (Together against human trafficking) * Micha Initiative * WASH network

Partners

UN Partner

UNOCHA The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disaste ...

– United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs * U.S. Department of State, DRL - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Annual Report 2016 World Relief Germany, page 31 https://www.worldrelief.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WRG_AnnualReport_2016.pdf

Government partners

* AHC - Australian High Commission * BMZ - German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development * IFA - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (with funding from the German Foreign Office)

Other organizations

* Carsa - Christian action for Reconciliation and Social Assistance * Diocese of Peshawar * Mission East * PartnerAid USA * Tearfund UK *

* Yemeni Red Crescent Society * ZOA International

References

External links

* https://www.worldrelief.de/en/ Poverty-related organizations Christian organisations based in Germany