CERF Releases $14.9m to Support Displaced Iraqis

“We hope these funds will trigger additional funds that will allow us to work particularly in Kirkuk and other areas that are receiving thousands of newly displaced people,” Jacqueline Badcock said.

More than 2 million people have been displaced across Iraq since January due to ongoing violence, making it one of the most complex humanitarian crises in the world today. This is in addition to the more than 228,000 Syrian refugees hosted in the country, as well an estimated one million Iraqis displaced over the past decade.

Of the 5.2 million across Iraq now in need of humanitarian assistance, over 2 million are displaced, 1.5 million are in host communities and 1.7 million are not displaced, but highly vulnerable, living in areas outside government control and below the poverty line.

Since 2006, 125 UN Member States and dozens of private-sector donors and regional Governments have contributed $3.7 billion to the fund. CERF has allocated more than $3.6 billion for humanitarian agencies operating in 88 countries and territories.

(Source: UN)