IOM Iraq News
The UN Migration Agency is improving the housing conditions of vulnerable displaced persons living outside camps by providing rehabilitation and construction support for informal sites, training in site management skills, and providing guidance to affected communities to set up adequate structures. Photo: Raber Aziz / UN Migration Agency (IOM) 2017
Fatima, 45, walked out of her house in West Mosul in search of water for her children, when a bomb fell nearby, killing her 19-year-old daughter and severely injuring Fatima’s legs. Her youngest boy, 10-year-old Adam, lies by her side, still in shock. Photo: Raber Y. Aziz / UN Migration Agency (IOM) 2017
The first Social Innovation Hackathon in Erbil, Iraq brings together more than 50 local developers, designers, social entrepreneurs, humanitarians and community residents to develop creative technology solutions that address the specific challenges facing refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Photo: UN Migration Agency (IOM) 2017