This update highlights the Danish Refugee Council’s humanitarian intervention, to assist the displacement- affected population in Iraq. This update covers activities conducted from DRC’s operational hubs in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region for the period 21 – 27 September, 2014 In the Kurdistan Region • Camp coordination continues in Bajet Kandala (BK) 1 and 2. The two camps are visited 3 times in a week. • Distribution activities in KRI for this week include: 1,000 hygiene kits, 1,000 food parcels and 2,000 blankets to a total of 1,000 families in Jassa village. Also, 703 Solar Lanterns and 74 Tarpaulin were provided to 700 families still living under tents without electricity in Zahro, Wargaha Dalal Camp, In South/Central Iraq • Distribution…

The Danish emergency organisation Mission East has established a team of emergency aid experts on the ground in Northern Iraq which is currently witnessing one the largest humanitarian crises in the world. The team will secure clean water, food and shelter for internally displaced Christians and Yazidis in the Dohuk Governorate.Thousands of Christian and Yazidi families have fled from their homes in recent months in Northern Iraq due to religious and ethnic persecution. Mission East is working to provide them with basic humanitarian aid. “Up until now Mission East has distributed food to 1100 Christians and emergency packages to 400 Yazidis located in the Dohuk Governorate. However, the establishment of an operational unit inside Iraq shows the long term humanitarian…

MAG helps people like Khurshid, pictured here taking a break from working on land that was until recently a minefield. Khurshid stood on a landmine just a few metres from where he is photographed in northern Iraq. This is his story... "In January 2010, I was looking after my sheep and some of them ran into the minefield on my land. I knew there were mines there, but I had to get my sheep back. "As I moved my right leg, my left leg exploded and I was blown into the air. After a while, I stood up and noticed one leg was much shorter than the other. "I guess I was in shock. People came to help and I…

On September 16th ACTED, in partnership with UNHCR, opened the doors of the Harshm (Ministry of Agriculture) Camp located just outside Ainkawa in Erbil, and has since been registering families as they arrive in the camp. On arrival, families are assigned to one of the 299 tents and receive ready-to-eat food rations distributed by ACTED on behalf of WFP, as well as basic household items. Families arriving in the camp often are moving in off the street, with many having been displaced from their homes since June. ACTED has allocated land to a number of agencies so that Child Friendly Spaces, a school, and a Gender Based Violence (GBV) programming center may be set up. The management of the Harshm…

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is establishing a new field office in Kerbala. The office will cover DRC’s expanded operations in the Southern governorates of Iraq. A two-day programme and operational assessment mission to Kerbala was carried out on September 23-24, 2014. The assessment was headed by DRC’s Head of Programme for South and Central Iraq. During the assessment mission the DRC team met with the Mr. Ali H. Al-Mialy (Deputy Governor of Kerbala) Mr. Al-Mialy is the local government focal point for IDPs in the governorate. He briefed the DRC team on the current IDP humanitarian situation as well as the plans of the government to support the IDP population. The meeting with the Deputy Governor was useful; it…

On 24th September 2014 Dijlah Al-Khair distributed NFI items (mattresses and covers) to 60 of the 700 families who were displaced from Anbar and are currently residing in al-Tarmia, 70 km North of Baghdad. Please find below some pictures of this distribution.