Japan and UNESCO have joined hands to address the grave consequences of Iraq’s present emergency situation on education. The government of Japan has pledged $3,000,000 in funding to help UNESCO implement two education projects that will benefit IDPs and Syrian refugees in Iraq including the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. An event to launch the two […]
Iraq’s new Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) published this week recorded 2,834,676 internally displaced Iraqis from January 2014 through 25 April2015. The majority of the new displacement identified in the two-week period was caused by conflict in the Ramadi area of Anbar governorate. Following the outbreak of the Ramadi crisis, which occurred around 10 April, DTM […]
This week, emergency relief organisation Medair is distributing essential health and hygiene items to more than 7,000 people in Wana, northern Iraq. More than 1,400 families have returned to Wana since it was liberated from militants in February, and people are in urgent need of health and hygiene support. Many arrived home to find their […]
By John Lee. Jean-Louis de Brouwer, head of the European Union's humanitarian aid department, warned on Thursday that the situation in Iraq is deteriorating rapidly, while the world is preoccupied with crises elsewhere. He told The Associated Press that the number of displaced people in Iraq has quadrupled in the past year and shows no […]
Recent fighting in and around Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, has forced tens of thousands of people to flee to the cities of Baghdad, Habbaniyah and Amiriyat al-Fallujah, leaving most of their belongings behind. The ICRC is bringing urgent aid to these displaced families. Parts of Anbar have seen spells of heavy fighting since […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Thousands of families continue to flee the Iraqi city of Ramadi as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group closes in on the capital of Anbar province, clashing with Iraqi […]
By John Lee. The United States is to provide an additional $200 million (240 billion Iraqi dinars) in humanitarian aid to Iraq. After a meeting with prime minister Haider Al-Abadi, President Obama said the United States has an obligation to help displaced families. The pledge did not include new direct military assistance. Obama added: "Any […]
Shell Iraq staff dug deep into their own pockets to raise money for the AMAR International Charitable Foundation. They collected almost £10,000 ($14,700), which Shell management generously agreed to double. The photo from Khanke IDP camp near Dohuk today show AMAR staff distributing essential supplies for babies and young children which were bought with some […]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Iraq this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bahjat al-Baqir Charitable Institution in Baghdad to advance humanitarian programs in response to the current crisis. The agreement covers cooperation in emergency response distributions, provision of health and psychosocial services, and livelihoods programming. The organizations will also collaborate on […]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has issued an overview of the migration trends and living conditions of Iraqi returnees from Syria. Based on a series of household questionnaires, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions, IOM Iraq has collected information on the household level regard first, the initial displacement of Iraqis to Syria; second, patterns […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The advance of the Iraqi army against ISIL is forcing a growing number of people from their homes. It's a situation that aid agencies in Iraq say is only going to get worse. […]
The United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Lise Grande, along with Neill Wright, the country’s UN refugee agency (UNHCR) representative, today visited Iraqi families recently displaced from Al Baghdadi district in the western province of Anbar. “The situation facing these families is very worrying. They have been under siege for days and […]
