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INTERNATIONAL
RESCUE COMMITTEE: TO
RESTART IRAQI HUMANITARIAN AID: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 02 December 2007 -- The
International Rescue Committee is preparing to launch aid programs for displaced
families in northern, central and southern Iraq.
IRC emergency
staff are in the country assessing the needs of Iraqis
forced to flee their homes.
"There is
little humanitarian aid reaching Iraqis who have fled the ongoing
violence," says Alan Manski, who is leading the IRC mission in Iraq.
"These families are in dire straits and are struggling to get by on
dwindling resources."
With support from
the Iraqi Ministry of Education, three schools in Erbil have opened their doors
to displaced children. It's a generous gesture that enables vulnerable young
Iraqis to continue their education, says Manski, but has also led to as much as
a quadrupling of the student population.
“The kids are
now going in shifts and still the classrooms are overflowing,” Manski said.
For starters, the
IRC is planning to work with locals to construct six new classrooms at the most
crowded school and begin activities for youth in the area. Additional
education programs are under consideration in the region.
In the Najaf area
in southern Iraq the IRC is preparing to sponsor the distribution of blankets
and mattresses to some 6,000 displaced Iraqis living in makeshift shelter.
Manski says the items are desperately needed as winter fast approaches.
Meanwhile, the
IRC will soon get started on the development of two community centers north of
Baghdad, one in a Shia neighborhood and one in a Sunni area. The centers will
provide a range of programs, including assistance for traumatized children and
counseling and job training for women.
The IRC last
worked in Iraq from 2003 through 2005.
The IRC is also
working with partner organizations to get needed assistance to thousands of
Iraqi refugees seeking safety and protection in Jordan.
Labels: International
Rescue Committee, Iraq
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