Partners Relief & Development

Partners ultimate goal is to see children living in communities affected by conflict and oppression given every opportunity to reach their full potential. To achieve this, Partners provides emergency supplies, like food, water, medicine and shelter to communities in acute distress who have become displaced because of war. We also work with local community leaders to help return children to routine and systematic education by investing in local schools, teachers and community-based homes that care for students from remote villages. Partners teaches sustainable agricultural practices for those in areas that support farming to improve food security and reduce dependance on farming chemicals. We also teach methods of business development that provide the community with profits to invest back into their education system. By training local health workers and supporting rural clinics with medical supplies, we also enable more communities whose access to health services has been disrupted due to conflict to receive the basic health care everyone deserves.

For more than 27 years, Partners has developed relationships with other organizations and partners that enable us to go to areas where people have been displaced by war and oppression, most notably in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. When a group of people initially become displaced, we take the steps necessary to meet them where they are with distributions of food, water, shelter and medicines. Our program development managers then assess the situation, look for long-term relationship possibilities for continued development and then create a long-term plan to move towards sustainability. This includes creating a budget and then launching a campaign to cover the budget or making sure funding is available to complete the project. Short and long-term goals are established along with viable methods of monitoring.

Being an established NGO for over 27 years has given us wisdom in how to reach our goals. We have had much success in teaching sustainable development in areas of Myanmar, which continue to sustain communities with food sources and educational opportunities. We have also had success in training local community health workers to maintain levels of health standards that can continue even if access to these communities becomes restricted.

In 2021, 14,539 children living in areas affected by conflict were able to attend school as a result of Partners education projects, with 560 teachers also receiving support. 2,838 people received training across a range of areas such as agricultural and animal husbandry practices, income generation and healthcare. Over 757,572.20 kilograms of food assistance was distributed to displaced families in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. 43,558 people accessed some form of healthcare as a result of Partners health projects. 84 sustainable businesses were active and generating income to support local health and education initiatives. Our team also worked with the local community to rebuild 13 schools that were destroyed by conflict in the Middle East and built 5 schools in Southeast Asia. Together we were able to directly assist 345,435 people whilst indirectly assisting a further 109,042 people affected by conflict and oppression.