Union of Relief and Development Associations - URDA

The Union of Relief & Development Association (URDA) is a Lebanese-head-quartered NGO aspiring to be the safest refuge for all disadvantaged individuals regardless of ethnicity, faith, gender, or age. URDA has decades of expertise in various humanitarian sectorial areas including Emergency Response, Education, Shelter & Relief, Protection, Livelihood, and Orphan and families Sponsorship to mention a few. URDA collaborates actively with partners that include but are not limited to INGOs, Islamic-faith NGOs, and UN Agencies as well as embassies and diplomatic missions such as the Embassy of Japan in Lebanon most recently. URDA is well integrated in the humanitarian architecture of Lebanon and an active member of the cluster system. During emergencies, URDA adds greater value particularly in Rapid Needs Assessments, Procurement and distribution of Aid, local stakeholder mapping and coordination and outstanding reporting. During the recent disasters that afflicted Turkey-Syria, Morocco and Libya, URDA’s reach and access has grown exponentially and so has its donor base as it has outgrown Lebanon.