IHH the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief

IHH the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief

IHH, the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief was established in 1994. It has consultative membership to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and carries out humanitarian relief campaigns at UN standards and in the framework of the principles of UN. Besides the UN Consultative Membership, IHH is a member of many international institutions such as the Humanitarian Forum of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Humanitarian Forum, Council of International Organizations for Relief in Iraq and the Union of NGO’s of the Islamic World.

Without making any discrimination among religions, languages, ethnicities, regions, ideologies and genders, IHH works with the principles of conducting humanitarian relief campaigns for people who need humanitarian relief and who are repressed. In the framework of these principles, IHH has carried out many humanitarian relief campaigns in 5 continents and in 120 countries across the globe from Palestine to Bosnia Herzegovina, from Vietnam to the USA, from Afghanistan to Haiti, from Ethiopia to Greece, from Georgia to Italy.

As it does it with Red Crescent, the UN and the Red Cross, IHH conducts its campaigns in cooperation with many international institutions. The humanitarian relief journey to Gaza is the best example of such a global cooperation. With Turkey and Turkish individuals and Turkish NGO’s, many individuals and NGO’s from Germany, the USA, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Algeria, Indonesia, Morocco, Palestine, France, South Africa, Ireland, England, Spain, Israel, Sweden, Canada, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Egypt, Mauritania, Pakistan, Syria, Oman, Jordan, Yemen, New Zealand and Greece have participated in the Gaza humanitarian relief journey.

As a result of such successful campaigns, IHH has been honored with many awards such as Turkish Parliamentary Award of Honor, Award of Foundation that Makes Best Use of Resources” by the Turkish General Directorate of Foundations, Best Project Ever Achieved by the Turkish General Directorate of Foundations.