Mine, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive device risk education for internally displaced persons
Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan
The years of conflict in Iraq have resulted in a considerable amount of displacement. There are now more than 1.5 million internally displaced people in the country, 30% of whom still live in camps. The camps for displaced people are mainly concrentrated in the north of the country. The governorate of Nineveh alone hosts about 30%. Ath the height of the crisis, the number of displaced people reached nearly 3.5 million (March 16). The first returns began in the summer of 2017. One of the main threats to the return of populations to their areas of origin is contamination by explosive devices in the territory. The level of contamination in Iraq is considered one of the highest in the world. Our objective is to support the reinforcement of the local capacities of a local organization able to protect and inform the population in front of this risk and thus to decrease the numerous and tragic accidents that the population undergoes every day.
Goal
Contribute to the promoion of safety behaviors in the presence of explosive devices of all types, by supporting the local capacitied and activities of a competent NGO in ERM, SHO.
- Provide explosive device awareness workshops to internally displaced persons (at risk group) through a team of 4 community liaison officers
- Provide specific workshops to key community members such as teachers, school personnel and medical personnel
- Conduct pre- and post-surveys of Mine Risk Education (MIRE) sessions to assess beneficiaries' uptake of key messages
- Continue to build organizational capacity through collective project management: finance, procurement, and human resources
- At least 12 000 direct benefeciaries and at least 3 000 indirect beneficiaries
- 8 months (11/2020 - 07/2021)
- 164,989 €
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HAMAP-Humanitaire contact
François ROPARS: francois.ropars@hamap.org
Zakaria ABBIOUI: zakaria.abbioui@hamap.org