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Agriculture and climate change in Iraq

Unfarmed Now. Uninhabited When?

While agriculture is at the heart of Iraq’s past and present, its position in the country’s future is at risk. Small-scale farmers in Iraq are among the most affected groups in Iraq by climate change and water scarcity. With the reduction of rainfall and soaring temperature, agricultural production is dropping, and farmers’ ability to cope is hindered. Affected farmers are exhausted and feel that they are left alone in the face of crisis. Many farmers are leaving their lands and looking for better opportunities away from their land and the urban areas. Duty bearers need to mobilize resources and political well to support farmers and the agricultural sector through a national strategy with clear vision on the current needs and comprehensive forecast of the impacts of climate change.

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World Vision is helping children to live a life in all its fullness

Children in Mosul get back to School

Five years after the end of the fighting in Mosul, Iraq, the devastating effects of war are still visible and intensely felt. However, many public services, including schools, have been slow to resume, and children continue to face many challenges, including a lack of psychosocial support. With the support of the Japan Platform and in partnership with World Vision Japan, World Vision Iraq is helping children access the support and services they need.

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World Vision Iraq shares its 2021 Annual Report

World Vision Iraq FY21 Annual Report

World Vision Iraq (WV Iraq) has had an active year as we have deepened our investement into cocmmunities in Iraq to meet the needs of the most vulnerable children, their families and communities in Iraq. In this report, WV Iraq shares details of our work across Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din and Ninewa, reaching 504,086 people people in 2021.

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Azzam’s silent will to succeed

The Gone Childhood

5 years after the end of the conflict, life for Azzam has not gone back to normal. He wishes to return back to school and he attempted times to register, but he always gets told he is too old to start schooling and his application is rejected. Children like Azzam who lived in limbo because of the conflict lost years of education and now after the return to stability, they have difficulty accessing education because of the years out of school as they are too old for the grade they need to get into. Today, he works by collecting and selling scrap metals in Mosul to support his widowed mother and siblings.

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Zahraa during the WASH Up! programme in Iraq

Raya and Elmo helped Zahraa to prepare for COVID-19

Meet Zahraa and learn how Raya and Elmo helped her and her family to be more prepared for COVID-19 in Iraq.

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Responding to COVID-19

Around the world, the coronavirus (COVID-19) is taking lives, devastating families and disrupting life in previously unimaginable ways. 

We are responding in every country we work in to limit the spread of the virus and reduce its impact on vulnerable children and their families. 

Iraq, is one of the 17 priority countries where we are increasing our efforts to protect especially vulneralble populations.

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A long road to resilience

Rebuilding from scratch

Two years after the Prime Minister of Iraq declared victory over ISIL on 10 December 2017, the effects of years under ISIL rule and following conflict to retake control are still very present for many Iraqis. Girls and boys in Mosul continue to need support to help them cope through overcoming feelings of isolation, fear of leaving their homes and returning to school, inability to focus and being withdrawn from other children.

Learn what World Vision is doing to respond to these needs and meet members of the team carrying out the work.

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Supporting children affected by conflict

Darkness to Light

Children in Iraq have been greatly affected by years of conflict. Not only have they lost friends and family members, homes and years of education  in many cases they have also lost their sense of childhood. World Vision is working to help children regain their childhood through programs like Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support. Rebuilding lives not only requires fixing the visible damage but addressing the needs that may not be as easy to see. For Sama, this support has helped her to regain hope for the future. 

Sama's Story
4 stories for change

4 Stories of Change

Learn about World Vision's work in Iraq through the stories of change of children and families  from four different sectors.

 

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Investing in Women's Economic Empowerment in Iraq

In alignment with the Iraq National Strategy for Empowering Women, World Vision International in Iraq (WV Iraq) implemented a livelihood and women’s economic empowerment project in West Mosul entitled, “Building Resilience through Inclusive Economic Recovery Interventions in West Mosul,” from October 2019 to December 2020 funded by World Vision Australia. Find out the key findings of the assessment done on the pilot project.

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Iraq

World Vision has been responding in Iraq since 2014 and works with Syrian refugees, IDPs, host communities and returnees. Working in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din and Ninewa, World Vision Iraq has reached 504,086  people in FY 2021 with a funding portfolio of $US 11,144,009 (in Cash) and $US 38,725,747 (in-kind).

World Vision Iraq continues to geographically expand and grow our presence to respond to the evolving needs of vulnerable boys and girls, including their families and communities. This is being done with strong intentionality to deepen our commitment to children to have positive relationships and live dignified lives. Responding to the needs and the changing context in post-conflict Iraq, World Vision Iraq provides short-term emergency relief in addition to medium and long-term recovery assistance to the most vulnerable children, women, and men to help alleviate their suffering and rebuild their lives. Our response prioritises interventions in WASH, Health, Food Assistance, Livelihoods, Education, Child Protection and Faith & Development activities.

Cross-cutting themes are integrated into each of these sectors, including Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and Social Cohesion. World Vision Iraq builds on its local and global capacity and evidence-based approaches to maintain adoptable technical expertise that effectively impacts the lives of children, their families, and communities.

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Hidden heroes are striving to protect children around the world from violence by speaking out and supporting communities on the ground. COVID-19 is threatening to roll back years of progress and is putting 85 million children at risk - isolated in unsafe homes, sent to work or pushed into early marriage. It’s vital governments step in to prevent this devastating legacy. Please support these hidden heroes by calling on governments and institutions to urgently increase funding for health, education and other social services that protect children from all forms of violence and abuse. Use the link below to sign up.

39.6 million

Population, total

Baghdad

Capital City

187.2 billion

GDP (current US$)

Our Work

Follow the stories of our work in Iraq with IDPs, Returnees, Refugees and Host Communities

Food Security: Azzam's silent will to succeed

Meet Azzam

Livelihoods: Azia - the endeavours of a one resilient woman

Meet Azia

Child Protection: Seeing the World differently

Meet Dunya

Disability and Inclusion: Tabarak

Meet Tabarak
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