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Only lasting ceasefire will end carnage in Ghouta, warns World Vision

Aid agency World Vision is backing calls for an immediate ceasefire to halt escalating violence in Eastern Ghouta, Syria.
Lebanon and Iraq.

Mosul's Injured Children

Eleven-year old Omar is from western Mosul. He remembers the day ISIL arrived at his school and started teaching them about bombs, guns and killing people. Three years later, he’s been living with his family in eastern Mosul in a rented apartment. Their house in western Mosul was destroyed and Omar and his siblings were severely injured in an explosion. Omar lost his leg and his brother Ahmed has brain damage from a piece of shrapnel that lodged in his skull.
seen this kind of poverty. By the time the Iraqi troops … stop them from getting killed. When the Iraqi troops came … when they were setting up to attack the Iraqi troops. They made holes between the houses

World Vision deploys mobile clinic to assist victims of Iraq quake

World Vision deploys mobile clinic to assist victims of Iraq quake
Communications Manager for the Northern Iraq response … outside the eastern Iraqi city of

World Vision ready to respond to devastating earthquake in Iraq

World Vision humanitarian staff are on standby to respond to a massive 7.3 earthquake centred on the Iraq-Iran border that killed more than 200 people on Sunday.
based in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in Northern Iraq … were injured across Iran and Iraq. … for its response across several locations in Iraqi Kurdistan. You can help by donating our

Clinics provide life-saving healthcare for children fleeing ISIL

For thousands of children and adults in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, accessing healthcare is a daily challenge. After years of conflict and severe economic recession, the health sector has almost ground to a halt, with shortages of medical supplies and qualified health workers.
a city in northern Iraq controlled by ISIL. Her uncle Watban says … Find out how you can support our work in Iraq.

Dead bodies and bombs haunt Iraq’s children

Sacha Myers, World Vision International Communications Specialist, recently visited a refugee camp in Iraq where she met Mahmood and his mother Suham.
Vision International Kurdistan Region of Iraq Suham tries desperately to stem the tears … a city in northern Iraq under the control of ISIL. People who have

Meet Idres, one of our humanitarian heroes

Idres Abdulaziz works on the frontline of the humanitarian crisis in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, for World Vision Iraq. As the Non-Food Items Coordinator, every day he meets civilians suffering and displaced by conflict.
for World Vision Iraq. As the

Increase in heat-related illness for Iraqi children in camps outside Mosul

Mosul: summer temperatures cause increase in heat-related illness for displaced Iraqis
have committed a catalogue of atrocities in Iraq. The families we support are too frightened … living in camps in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Medical staff in the charity’s mobile

“Long road ahead” for Mosul’s children after city re-taken from ISIL

Children’s lives have been shattered after years of ISIL control in Mosul – and many will need time to heal from untold violence, World Vision warns today.
other areas of Iraq have not yet been … extensively across the Kurdish Region of Iraq. Last year World Vision supported more than

World Vision fears for the safety of children trapped in Mosul

International children’s charity World Vision has today warned that children in Mosul may be used as human shields as fighting escalates in the Iraqi city.
Punishment of Children Iraqi children who fled the violence in Mosul. … human shields as fighting escalates in the Iraqi city. Ian

The Hidden Legacy of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Barely a week goes by that we do not hear new reports of sexual violence in war zones – in South Sudan, Syria, Nigeria, Myanmar, Iraq and elsewhere. Sometimes these include the stories of survivors who have fought for justice, who are suffering stigma in their communities for the crime committed against them, who are struggling to rebuild their lives.
Iraq and elsewhere. Sometimes these include the

World Vision prepares to scale up work as western Mosul offensive begins

World Vision is poised to support children and their families expected to flee western Mosul, as a military offensive to re-take the second half of the city gains pace.

Light up Syria’s dark days with a message of hope

Aleppo’s destruction has left Syrian children facing some of their darkest days yet. We also know that Aleppo is only one of many besieged cities in Syria and another 400,000 people may be living in similar, if not worse situations.
but fighting in Iraq has seen thousands of people seeking refuge

Bullet-ridden schools lie abandoned in reclaimed cities across Iraq

As the battle to retake Mosul continues, urgent action is needed to allow children to resume their education.
fled their homes to escape the conflict in Iraq. Cities continue to be … Iraq had the third highest civilian casualty rate … estimated that one in every five children in Iraq are not able to go to school. More than two

Children re-create war scenes in their first art class since fleeing Mosul

Since 17 October thousands of children have been displaced in northern Iraq as a result of military operations to retake the city of Mosul from ISIL.
of children have been displaced in northern Iraq as a result of military operations to retake … is one of northern Iraq’s newest displacement camps. It’s home to a

Mosul Children Arrive at Camps Terrified | World Vision UK

World Vision staff say that children are arriving at camps too petrified to speak after fleeing the conflict in the Iraqi city of Mosul. Find out more here.
Zelikan IDP camp Iraq Children fleeing Mosul are arriving at … in northern Iraq as part of its emergency response work to

Mosul: World Vision sets up child protection centres at newly established refugee camp

of child refugees fleeing fighting in the Iraqi city of Mosul. We have become one of the

World Vision braced for massive wave of families fleeing Mosul

World Vision has expressed deep concerns for the welfare and safety of children and families in the Iraqi city of Mosul as fierce fighting began on Monday.
and safety of children and families in the Iraqi city of Mosul as fierce fighting began on … Iraqi government forces launched an offensive

A little red love heart on the front door

10-year-old Rama fled Syria with her mother and two sisters when a neighbours house was bombed near Aleppo. Now living in a centre for women and children in Turkey, Rama remembers the things she misses about Syria, her dreams and her wishes for the future...
Turkey and Iraq to bring aid and hope to

Hope in the eyes of Syrian refugee children | Education in Emergencies

From Mexico to Colombia, China to the UK, Humanitarian Information Officer Soraya has years of experience working in education, and on a recent trip to Jordan spent time meeting parents, teachers, and programmers about our work helping get Syrian Refugee children back into school
Iraq and Lebanon