Handicap International staff are working in places like ‎Jordan‬, Lebanon‬, and ‎Iraq‬ to ensure that kids with injuries and ‪‎disabilities‬ can go to school too. We provide these children with wheelchairs, prostheses, and other mobility devices so can they can leave their homes and shelters and access schools in refugee camps and host communities.

Fairfield, Conn. (August 26, 2014) — The humanitarian impact of the fighting in Iraq is pushing host communities to breaking point, with some towns tripling in size and forcing those who fled the bloodshed to live in appalling conditions.The United Nations estimates that of the 1.45 million people displaced in Iraq this year, almost 400,000 are living in informal accommodation like schools, parks and abandoned buildings in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and require urgent shelter. This includes about 200,000 children.In the town of Sharya in the west of KRI, the population has ballooned from 13,500 a few weeks ago to more than 40,000.To the east in Suleimanyah, the hunt for shelter is desperate too. Save the Children staff visited…

The recent security threat on the Northern Kurdistan Region may be seen to have reduced momentarily, but the IDP situation is far from over, says Michael Bates, DRC country Director. Since the beginning of 2014, the political and humanitarian context in Iraq has significantly deteriorated. With ISIL taking over Anbar in the early part of the year, the crisis has since spread to several other governorates including Diyala, Babil, Salahadin, Kirkuk and Ninewa. Major cities and strategic national asset and installation have come under the control on IS forces causing interruption of economic activities. The protracted violence in Iraq has generated massive displacement of the population and interrupted economic activities. It is estimated that 17 million people (53.7% of Iraq’s…

Over the past two months, in response to the current crisis, ACTED teams have provided emergency assistance to over 20,000 displaced families in northern Iraq. Having been responding to the crisis since June 10th, the first day of mass displacement from Mosul, ACTED has reached 22,760 families to date through distribution of food parcels, hygiene kits and basic household items in partnership with WFP, UNICEF, and UNHCR. Working in urban areas and in camps, ACTED has reached over 60 communities in Duhok, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Ninewa, and Diyala Governorates, including with over 19,000 food parcels and nearly 6,000 emergency hygiene kits. In the past week alone, responding to the latest influx of internally displaced people to KRI as well as to…

Coordination: - Meeting with the delegation from German Humanitarian Assistance in different occasions to discuss the situation of the new Iraqi IDPs especially from Yazidis and Christian and work to help them in a better way. And also site visiting to Ashtar school in Erbil province while REACH- Iraq was distributing 500 Food Packages to the Yazidi IDPs. Capacity Building: - Conducting the first PVCA (Participatory Vulnerable and Capacity Assessment) training for 32 volunteers from 11 villages in Hamawand area – Chamchaml Disrict- Sulaimaniya province to start a PPA (Programm Partnership Agreement) project with the selected 11 villages. - Basic computer course has started in Daratoo village - Duhok with a Turkish trainer for 20 students in age of (12-15).…

PROTECTION ASSISTANCE AND REINTEGRATION CENTER (PARC) IN CAMP & NON-CAMP AREAS/ UNHCR PROGRAM • PARC team did 2 field visits in (Duhok, Zirka and Hay-Askari) for 10 families/41 individuals to assess the needs of the SAS and identify vulnerable individuals. • PARC team referred 3 cases of SAS to different concerned NGOs and hospitals that Harikar has coordination with, to be provided with assistance and services. • Providing SAS from camp and non-camp areas with legal assistance by PARC lawyers; (4) received cases, (2) resolved case and (4) legal advice cases. • QIPs team made Site visit with UNHCR staff to Zakho to assess the Zakho Community Center to be rehabilitated and provided with materials under QIPs. Also a joint…