Iraq

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE AND DISPLACED CHILDREN

Context

Mission Enfance has been working in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1992. Emergency aid and the reconstruction of schools and villages have given the association a real expertise in this region. Events have followed one another in this country, with extreme violence in recent years. Iraqi Kurdistan, which has welcomed nearly 2 million refugees and displaced persons, still has 600,000 (Kurds from Syria fleeing Turkish bombardments, Yezidis fleeing Daesh, as well as Arabs and Christians who no longer want to live in Mosul). The situation in Iraq is still very fragile and under constant attack from the Islamic State and Turkey. The population is living in a state of growing anxiety, which is hindering any return to their homeland. Similarly, the upheavals in the Middle East are having an impact on the stability of Iraq.

Goal

EDUCATING DISPLACED YEZIDI AND CHALDEAN CHILDREN IN IRAQI KURKDISTAN

The Yezidis, who fear the political and terrorist situation in the Sinjar region, remain in the Sharya camp for displaced persons. We support our educational centre in Sharya, where 600 children aged between 6 and 15 learn English and IT outside school, as well as practising sport, music and drawing. In 2024, we created a new educational centre for 600 displaced Yezidi children in the Xanky camp. We will be running it in 2025 (salaries, teaching materials, etc.).

Lastly, we will continue to support the base camp in Qaraqosh (Nineveh Plain) for the 27 Yezidi and Chaldean students at the University of Mosul.