Breaking the Cycle
Jalila* reminiscences a decision she had taken two years ago very regrettably. It was the moment when she asked her daughter, Nada* to drop out of school.
Stories
Breaking the Cycle
Jalila* reminiscences a decision she had taken two years ago very regrettably. It was the moment when she...
Hadeel* feels happy that her privacy is respected
WASH, Accessibility, Persons living with disability
A glimpse of hope
Living in poverty is difficult. It makes life’s problems even more cumbersome. But for Mays*, poverty has...
The Hidden Warrior
Taha (39) remembers his childhood as sunny and beautiful in the north of Diyala governorate in Federal Iraq...
Beyond Limits
A story of a father going beyond limits to have his children live a normal life There...
When fears turn into schoolbags of dreams and hopes
Written by Noora Jader, Livelihood Assistant In the midst of a constant struggle between the need to...
The scattered dream of childhood
She had a dream. Her dream was to become a doctor. But this dream scattered like sand in...
From the edge of the abyss
Written by Suzan Hussien Abd, Meal Assistant It wasn't easy for her to face it, but it...
One day you will thank yourself for never giving up
Witten by Muhammed Abd Salam, Livelihoods Assistant Everyone has a dream. Faisal’s life and dream was to...
Hope is born from the womb of suffering
Written by Malik Anas, Livelihoods Assistant When problems abound and difficulties seem to hound someone, people need something...
Climate Change is undermining livelihoods and the possibility of recovery in Iraq
By Elise Nalbandian On May 18, 2022, WFP and UNHCR announced that 260,000 Syrian refugees in Iraq...
Painting our vision for every child: life in all its fullness
By Elise Nalbandian (writing) with Shayan Nuradeen (inspiration and art) The World Vision Iraq Comms team invites...
Azia - the endeavours of a one resilient woman
As a child, the youngest in the family of fourteen, Azia lived in a typical old oriental style...
Rebuilding from scratch
“Money and children are the adornments of the life of this world.” Ismail quotes the Quran. Ismail...
Memories are bittersweet, but life continues
Rich childhood memories of her hometown of Bartella, 22 km away from Mosul, are always in her...
Happiness finally comes
Fatma remembers the year she turned 13 – she had just passed her fifth-grade exams when her parents...
Seeing the world differently
Dunya* (12) told her mother, “I thought the whole world looked like that”. She had never seen...
Children in West Mosul get back to School
Five years after the end of the fighting in Mosul, Iraq, the devastating effects of war are...
A Courageous Young Woman
Ruqaya*(23) is an Internally Displaced Person originally from Diyala in Iraq. She had seven siblings (three girls and...
A lesson of unconditional love and faith, Interfaith dialogue at Lalish Temple in Iraq
by Julian Habib Hanna, Faith and Development Technical Advisor, WV Iraq, and Elise Nalbandian, Advocacy and Communications...
The Gone Childhood – Azzam’s silent will to succeed
Shy and quiet and with a vast capacity for internalising all hurts and sadness Azzam looks on...
In the middle of melancholy, laughter to lighten children’s hearts
Just one day before remembrance day of the conflict that started in Sinjar in Iraq, Nahla, in an...
Family gives me power
August 3, 2014 is stamped on the memory of Dilian (33) as the most difficult day in...
Seven years on the Anniversary of the Yezidi Genocide
Narin (40) is a single mother of eight children - seven girls and one boy and a...
Stolen Innocence in West Mosul
Mona* burst into tears as she recounted the memory of her stolen innocence. “So they (her parents) told...