Tens of thousands of Iraqis who have fled their homes due to conflict have received vital relief items distributed by the Danish Refugee Council, DRC, and funded by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO). The funding has enabled the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) to provide core relief items comprising food, essential household materials and hygiene kits for 1,750 displaced families, or approximately 10,500 individuals in Kerbala and Najaf. The governorates of Kerbala and Najaf are currently hosting around 140, 000 displaced people. They have mostly arrived from the troubled governorate of Anbar. The IDPs are mostly residing in mosques and in pilgrim camps on the road from Kerbala and Najaf. Others are in towns on the…

The city of Erbil in northern Iraq is home to close to 100,000 Syrian refugees and increasingly more internally-displaced Iraqis. Families escaping the war in Syria have been coming to this area for years now, and it’s still a relatively safe haven from the conflict sweeping through Iraq, but the influx of people seeking safety means that humanitarian needs continue to grow. The unpredictable violence doesn’t make it easy to provide traditional emergency assistance in Iraq. And we believe there is a better way to help families who don’t know when they can return home and have nothing to start a new life. The majority of displaced people in Erbil are in urban areas, sheltering in makeshift living spaces that…

The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from January to 26 October 2014 has been revised upwards from 1.8 million to 1.9 million people across 1,928 sites. The Strategic Response Plan (SRP) for 2014-2015 was released in the month of October with a total ask of USD 2.2 Billion. The projected funding requirement for the year 2014 is USD 1.2 Billion (USD 608 Million raised) and for the year 2015 USD 1 Billion. According to OCHA, throughout Iraq 1.26 million IDPs are in need of shelter and NFI assistance. An estimated 600,000 people are in need of immediate winterisation assistance. A significant proportion of the overall displaced, 31 per cent (98,071 families), have sought refuge in alternative shelter arrangements such…

At 6:30 pm 2 of eighty two IDP families residing in one of the schools in Kirkuk and he called to help the families because of the spread of eyes infectious disease between the families, and for their being unable to cover the cost of treating these cases and asked for any kind of help that can be supported by FUAD or any other Organization.Based on this information FUAD team had conducted field visit to this school at early morning OF RD ON November to see the fact of this problem and to identify the infected members of these 3 familiesand work to support these families by referring them to get the needed treatment by the specialist Doctors in Kirkuk…

Winter is about to hit many countries with large populations of refugees and internally displaced people. Cold temperatures can be catastrophic for people who have lost everything, and NRC is working hard to be ready for winter. “We are working to make displaced people better equipped to face the cold winter months. It is a matter of life and death,” says Director of Field Operations in NRC, Magnhild Vasset. Last year, winter was very cold in countries like Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, where millions of people are displaced because of the Syrian Civil War. NRC now fears the consequences of another cold winter on displaced families. “Many left everything behind when they were forced to flee. They do not have…

• PARC Protection and Community service teams monitored the newly arrived refugees from Kobane in Ibrahim Khalil throughout the week to monitor and to assess their needs. • CSA team identified 43 SAS families that were favourable for the Unconditional Cash Assistance program in urban areas. • CSA team visited Ibrahim Khalil to review Kobane Syrian refugees' situation and to identify their needs. • CSA referred 8 cases in Zakho to the registration center in Domiz camp, for adding family members, newly married couples, and to renew their UNHCR form. • CSA referred one case in Zakho to Khabor Hospital. • CS team coordinated with PU-AMI to obtain a medical report of many cases such as: heart diseases and disability…