An international organization: 1.1 million children need humanitarian assistance in Iraq

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[size=52]An international organization: 1.1 million children need humanitarian assistance in Iraq[/size]

[size=45]Translation / Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]UNICEF revealed in its latest report that based on a review of the humanitarian needs file in Iraq for 2022, there are approximately 2.5 people in Iraq, including 1.1 million children, who need humanitarian assistance, noting that there is a 57 percent shortfall in the financial requirements of the assistance program, which is estimated at 37.7 One million dollars out of a total of 65.9 million dollars required to meet the urgent and urgent humanitarian needs of children and their families in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]The report, which was published under the title (The Fourth Iraq Humanitarian Situation Report No.4), stated that during the year 2021 it required covering urgent and acute humanitarian needs for children and their families affected by the combined humanitarian conditions, including a chronic crisis as a result of battles and political instability, an amount $65.9 million. But as of December 2021, only $20 million had been received from the Children's Humanitarian Care Initiative Fund, and this was a 57% shortfall in funding, amounting to $37.7 million. Sectors with funding gaps are child protection programmes, desalination and water treatment projects, health care and nutrition programmes.[/size]
[size=45]The percentage of deficit in child protection programs was 67%, hygiene and sterilization programs amounted to 62%, and health and nutrition programs amounted to 45%. The report indicated that the lack of funding had an impact on the provision of related services and thus impeded UNICEF from achieving the planned goals of child protection, health and nutrition services.[/size]
[size=45]The organization says that the main countries funding the HAC Humanitarian Care Initiative Fund are Canada, the Czech Republic, the European Union Office for Humanitarian Care, Germany, Japan, Norway, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States, noting that the prepared funds are used to meet emergency needs and reach the areas of the population groups most affected by the consequences of battles and displacement.[/size]
[size=45]The report indicates that since the Iraqi government resumed the policy of closing camps and camps for the displaced in late 2020 with unofficial internal displacement sites, the number of camp residents decreased from 256,861 in August 2020 to 185,000 in the first quarter of 2021, while the number of those in Informal displacement complexes from 104,000 in October 2020 to more than 275,000 in February 2021, and at that time there were a total of 4.1 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including 1.8 million children, and out of this number there are 2.4 million, including 1,056,000 children facing humanitarian needs Humanitarian emergency persons with special needs constitute 15% of them.[/size]
[size=45]However, by the end of 2021, these numbers and situations have changed. Based on the Humanitarian Needs Review report for 2022, there are estimates that there are 2.5 million people, including 1.1 million children, who need humanitarian assistance in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]The international organization's report indicated that the security situation remained a concern throughout the year with the continuation of attacks and acts of violence. As ISIS attacks increased in 2021, especially within the disputed areas and Baghdad. As for the scarcity of water, it is considered a new threat facing Iraq, as it affected agriculture and local water supplies, which led to health risks, poverty and cases of migration. The situation is expected to deteriorate in this regard during 2022. In response to these situations, UNICEF, along with the Iraqi government and other United Nations and non-governmental organizations, has begun to discuss measures to be taken to monitor and address the situation and what may happen in the coming months.[/size]
[size=45]In 2021, UNICEF supported health directorates in governorates that contain IDPs by providing health care and nutrition to ensure the health of mothers and recent births, with the provision of vaccinations, and the care of a total of 2.5 million children and women was covered with the provision of services from health facilities supported by UNICEF, and health care workers visited IDP camps In Erbil, Dohuk, Nineveh and Sulaymaniyah.[/size]
[size=45]As part of the UNICEF strategy to enhance the local national capacity to effectively care for the needs of the child and prevent any risks of gender-based violence GBV, 920 social service workers were trained and developed their skills in ways to protect children and prevent violence against them, and included training on mental and mental health support services For the child and the care of surviving children.[/size]
[size=45]With regard to environmental protection programs and confronting climate change, solar panels were installed to generate friendly alternative energy, and diesel generators used in the water pumping system were abandoned at the Qayyarah water purification plant in Nineveh Governorate, during which a service was provided to approximately 81,403 people, as well as the maintenance and development of stations Desalination in other areas and the development of sewage systems in the camps of Anbar, Dohuk, Erbil and Nineveh.[/size]
[size=45]UNICEF states that its communications are continuing with the governments of the center and the region regarding the sharing of responsibilities to meet the humanitarian needs of the displaced and returnees during the year 2022.[/size]
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