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 (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, which is hampering any return to their homeland. Similarly, the upheavals in the Middle East are having an impact on Iraq's stability.

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 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. In 2024, we created a new educational center for 600 displaced Yezidi children in the Xanky camp. We will ensure its operation in 2025 (salaries, teaching materials, etc.).

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