International Refugee Trust (IRT) established in 1989, is a medium sized international development non-governmental organisation currently supporting projects in Uganda, South Sudan, Eritrea, Thailand, Jordan and Colombia.
IRT’s mission is to support well-defined projects, which tackle real problems with practical solutions, helping particularly the most vulnerable and often forgotten refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and returnees; such as women and children in fragile and conflict-affected countries. These projects address their immediate needs, such as health care, but also help them build for the future for long-term elimination of poverty with education programmes and income generation schemes.
While we do support emergency programmes in the areas where we have projects, our main emphasis is with projects that build the long term capacity of communities to address their own problems with sustainable solutions.
Specialties
international development, skills training, income generation, sustainable development, participatory rural approach, education, health, fundraising, grassroots, water and sanitation
