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Iraq

Cordaid established its office in Erbil in October 2015. In Iraq, we delivered services in the field of health care, access to justice, sustainable livelihoods and humanitarian aid. We also focused on the rehabilitation of basic infrastructure, as well as vocational training and programmes for youth.

We are in the process of phasing out our activities in Iraq. The current programmes will be completed by the end of 2024.

SOME OF OUR KEY RESULTS

Results & Indicators

  • 408,057 people supported with services for health care, mental health and justice (2020)

  • 35 young entrepreneurs supported with growing their businesses (2020)

  • 80 young people found a job or an internship through our private sector development programme (2020)

WHAT WE DO IN IRAQ


Health care 
Cordaid provides primary health care, psychosocial support, gender-based violence prevention, and disability services for internally displaced people, returnees, and host communities in multiple governorates. 

Humanitarian assistance
We support internally displaced people by providing food, emergency kits to cover first needs, non-food items, protection, hygiene kits and clean drinking water. We also rehabilitate broken or destroyed water units.

Justice and peace
Cordaid works with young people from Mosul and Kirkuk to achieve more peace, security and stability in their regions.

Food systems
Cordaid’s private sector development programme supports businesses and accelerates them in adapting to the needs of the market. We prepare entrepreneurs to become more market-oriented and to build their own businesses by providing sets of professional training courses that improve their entrepreneurial skills.

WHERE WE WORK IN IRAQ


In Iraq, Cordaid acts as an implementing agency and works with partners in 9 provinces, including Nineveh, Salah Al-Din, Ramadi, Habaniya, Duhok, Erbil, Anbar, Baghdad, and Kirkuk.

PARTNERS AND DONORS


In Iraq, we work with an array of partners and international organisations, including UNOCHA, WHO, GIZ, Nuffic, UNFPA, Caritas Iraq, RNVDO, Access Aid Foundation, Al-Afaq, Kurdistan Relief Association (KRA), Al Ethar Humanitarian Foundation, JNB, Public Aid Organization (PAO), Iraqi Al-Amal, ASFL and Reform Institute for Development (RID).