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. Read more
Hadeel* feels happy that her privacy is respected WASH, Accessibility, Persons living with disability Read more
A glimpse of hope Living in poverty is difficult. It makes life’s problems even more cumbersome. But for Mays*, poverty has already been real. Her parents were poor too. But... Read more
The Hidden Warrior Taha (39) remembers his childhood as sunny and beautiful in the north of Diyala governorate in Federal Iraq. He mostly had an ordinary life, although Taha... Read more
Beyond Limits A story of a father going beyond limits to have his children live a normal life There is nothing beyond a father or mother’s limit, the limit is only a... Read more
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 dismantle heavy engines and the desire to assemble... Read more
The scattered dream of childhood She had a dream. Her dream was to become a doctor. But this dream scattered like sand in the wind when she was withdrawn from school in her second year of... Read more
From the edge of the abyss Written by Suzan Hussien Abd, Meal Assistant It wasn't easy for her to face it , but it is inevitable , it was difficult to be a woman and a man at the... Read more
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 have a Mushroom Greenhouse. Faisal is 46 years of... Read more
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 to help them rise again... Read more
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 will lose access to basic food [1] without urgent funds... Read more
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 the World Vision partnership to enjoy a... Read more
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 house with vast open spaces made of clay and plaster and... Read more
Rebuilding from scratch “Money and children are the adornments of the life of this world.” Ismail quotes the Quran. Ismail married at a young age, and over the years, he made a... Read more
Memories are bittersweet, but life continues Rich childhood memories of her hometown of Bartella, 22 km away from Mosul, are always in her mind. Bartella is where she lived her whole life. Today, she... Read more
Happiness finally comes Fatma remembers the year she turned 13 – she had just passed her fifth-grade exams when her parents married her off. She had never seen her husband-to-be... Read more
Seeing the world differently Dunya* (12) told her mother, “I thought the whole world looked like that”. She had never seen the world clearly, having been born with poor eyesight. Her... Read more
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 still visible and intensely felt. The conflict from 2014 to... Read more
A Courageous Young Woman Ruqaya*(23) is an Internally Displaced Person originally from Diyala in Iraq. She had seven siblings (three girls and four boys) and since 2014 they have... Read more
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 Manager, WV Iraq Read more
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 with eyes that look years older than his twelve years. Words... Read more
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 all brown dress and beige veil, was sitting quietly in a... Read more
Family gives me power August 3, 2014 is stamped on the memory of Dilian (33) as the most difficult day in her life. This was the day when the conflict spilled into her hometown... Read more
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 widow as her husband passed away in tragic car accident in 2013. She is... Read more