Life for Relief and Development is a non-profit humanitarian charity founded in 1992 by concerned Arab and Muslim American professionals in response to the humanitarian crises that developed in Iraq as a result of the 1991 Gulf War. Today, Life for Relief and Development has become the largest U.S.-founded Muslim American humanitarian relief and development organization. Life is devoted to providing humanitarian aid to people regardless of race, color, religion and cultural background with an annual budget of about $20 million. Life is in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Counsel of the United Nations. It is also a member of InterAction, the largest alliance of US based international development and humanitarian non-governmental organization and is CFC certified. Life is 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Due to the great generosity of donors, Life has been able to distribute over $130 million of humanitarian assistance items and in the process, kindly touched more than 20 million lives. Life works diligently to help the poor and needy in a number of countries such as Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territories (through our office in Israel), Jordan, and Sierra Leone (in West Africa), as well as others. When natural disasters occur here or around the world, Life rushes to answer the call of humanitarian duty, and provide emergency food, water, medical aid, and temporary shelter.