KURDISTAN, Iraq \u2013Violence in Iraq has displaced at least 3 million people, 50 percent of which have fled to the Kurdish-controlled governorates in the north of Iraq where the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is working.<\/p>\n
For more than six months, ADRA has been operating in Baharka Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp providing services to families who have fled fighting in Iraq. ADRA\u2019s programs focus on informal education, protection, and restoring livelihoods for the most vulnerable families in the camp.<\/p>\n
Through ADRA\u2019s programs, volunteer teachers are providing informal education to small children with materials from UNICEF and while following guiding principles set by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the school holidays and the fasting month, ADRA is the only nongovernmental organization focusing on providing informal education to children ages 4-5 in the Baharka IDP Camp at this time,\u201d said Leyn Gantare, ADRA country director in Kurdistan.<\/p>\n
The agency is also providing one nutritious meal to each child in attendance and organizing recreational activities to 400 children. Children\u2019s recreational activities include sporting events, drawing competitions, music and games, etc.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese kinds of activities allow children to express themselves and stay socially connected with other children,\u201d said Gantare. \u201cOur activities are especially targeting girls and children with disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
ADRA partner UNICEF is providing tents for education and child-friendly spaces that will allow children to be occupied in a constructive and safe way.<\/p>\n
To increase the resilience of the displaced population, ADRA is offering small grants that will enable families to start their own small businesses. ADRA community mobilizers and social counselors are following-up regularly with the business owners as well as providing training in cash and business management. The agency has been providing Kurdish lessons as well to help adults and children integrate with the local communities.
\nADRA programs in Kurdistan also include awareness campaigns to both displaced Iraqis and the host Kurdish community about hygiene, the dangers of child marriage, children\u2019s education, good community relations and cooperation, and inclusion of persons with disabilities among other things.<\/p>\n
\u00c0 propos de l'ADRA<\/strong> Violence in Iraq has displaced at least 3 million people, 50 percent of which have fled to the Kurdish-controlled governorates in the north of Iraq where the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is working.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[594,811,589,784,11,1053],"tags":[1145,1173,1085,1023,690,754],"class_list":["post-3336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-iraq","category-livelihoods","category-middle-east-north-africa","category-press-release","category-volunteerism-service","tag-education-in-emergencies-eie","tag-food-distribution","tag-internally-displaced-persons-idps","tag-non-food-items-nfis","tag-protection","tag-safeguarding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48362,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions\/48362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nL'Agence adventiste de d\u00e9veloppement et de secours (ADRA) International est le bras humanitaire de l'\u00c9glise adventiste du septi\u00e8me jour. Son travail permet de renforcer les communaut\u00e9s et de changer des vies dans le monde entier en fournissant un d\u00e9veloppement communautaire durable et des secours en cas de catastrophe. Pour plus d'informations, visitez le site ADRA.org.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"