Iraq

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE AND DISPLACED CHILDREN

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Mission Enfance has been working in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1992. Emergencies, 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 (Syrian Kurds 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 that is hampering any return to their homeland.

Goal

EDUCATING DISPLACED YEZIDI AND CHALDEAN CHILDREN IN IRAQI KURKDISTAN

Yezidis, who fear the political and terrorist situation in the Sinjar region, remain in the Sharya IDP camp. We support our educational center in Sharya, where 600 children aged 6 to 15 learn English and computer skills, as well as sports, music and drawing. We are going to create a new educational center for 600 displaced Yezidi children in the Xanky camp.

Lastly, we will continue to support the 30 Yezidi and Chaldean students at the University of Mosul in Qaraqosh (Nineveh Plain).