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Iraq

HI works in Iraq to provide rehabilitation care and psychosocial support, conduct demining operations and raise awareness of explosive remnants of war.

Children in Khazir camp, Iraq - Humanity & Inclusion

Children in the internally displaced camp of Khazir. | © Camille Borie / HI

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In Iraq, Humanity & Inclusion assists victims of conflict through rehabilitation and psychosocial care and supports health centers by providing equipment and assistive devices and training physical therapists.

HI raises civilians’ awareness of the dangers of explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices. The organization has demined zones contaminated with explosive devices in Ninewa, Diyala, Kirkuk and Anbar. 

HI also supports other humanitarian organizations and local authorities to ensure that the special needs of people with disabilities and other populations with specific needs are taken into account in responses. 

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Iraq: 'I demine to help my community'
© N. Mandalawi / HI
Explosive weapons

Iraq: 'I demine to help my community'

Istabraq Lazim Muhammed joined Humanity & Inclusion's clearance team in Salah al Din, Iraq, earlier this year.

Proud to clear lands for communities
© N. Mandalawi / HI
Explosive weapons

Proud to clear lands for communities

Mawj Maad JarAllah joined the Humanity & Inclusion clearance team in Salah al Din, Iraq, earlier this year. She shares what motivates her work.

After airstrike spinal injury, Fatima dreams of walking again
© T. Nicholson / HI
Explosive weapons Rehabilitation

After airstrike spinal injury, Fatima dreams of walking again

Fatima Ahmed Arj, 20, was paralyzed from the waist down after her family’s apartment in west Mosul was hit by an airstrike in March 2017, causing damage to her spine.

Background

Map of Humanity & Inclusion's interventions in Iraq

Iraq has suffered from a succession of wars, terrorist attacks and political crises over the last 40 years. Civilians were the main victims. 

Since 1979 when Saddam Hussein took power, Iraq has been through three wars, a series of bloody repressions including those of the Kurds and Shi'ites, and a trade embargo lasting over 10 years. In April 2003, a coalition led by the United States and the United Kingdom toppled Saddam Hussein's regime. A string of terrorist attacks and political crises ensued and between 2003 and 2012, and 250,000 civilians were affected by armed violence. Another armed conflict between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State Movement began in 2013 and ended in December 2017.  

Iraq is considered to be one of the countries in the world the most severely contaminated by mines and explosive remnants of war.  

Number of HI staff members: 148 people 

Program launch date: 1991 

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