Iraq

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE AND DISPLACED CHILDREN

Context

Mission Enfance has been working in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1992. Emergency relief and the reconstruction of schools and villages have given the association real expertise in this region. There has been a succession of events in this country, with extreme violence in recent years. Iraqi Kurdistan, which has taken in nearly 2 million refugees and displaced persons, still has 600,000 (Kurdish people from Syria fleeing Turkish bombing, Yazidis who have fled Daesh, and Christians who no longer want to live in Mosul). The situation in Iraq remains very fragile and is under constant attack from Islamic State and Turkey. The population is living in growing anxiety, which is preventing any return to their homeland, particularly for the Yazidis. Similarly, the upheavals in the Middle East are having an impact on Iraq's stability.

Goal

EDUCATING DISPLACED YAZIDI CHILDREN IN IRAQ

The Yazidis, who fear the political and terrorist situation in the Sinjar region, remain in the Sharya displacement camp. We support our educational centre in Sharya, where 600 children aged 6 to 15 learn English and IT outside of school hours and take part in sports, music and art activities. In 2024, we created a new educational centre for 600 Yazidi children displaced in the Xanky camp. We will continue to fund its operation in 2026 (salaries, teaching materials, etc.).

Finally, our support for 50 Yazidi female students in Qaraqosh (Nineveh Plains) continues and is expanding. All of them are undergraduate or Master's students, and their families, who live in displacement camps, cannot afford to pay for their university studies. We will rent three houses to accommodate them and enable them to study in peaceful conditions.