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hospital for children with cancer are a short car journey from the colourfully painted, but ageing Ibn Ghazwan maternity and children’s hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.</p> <div style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; padding-left: 5px; width: 325px; padding-right: 5px; float: right; border-top: black 1px solid; border-right: black 1px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <p><strong>Editor’s Note:</strong> John Reynolds’s visit to Basra with Irish film-maker Dearbhla Glynn was supported by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/index.html" target="_blank" class="external">Save The Children</a>. </p> <ul> <li>Save The Children’s USA site is here: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.savethechildren.org/" target="_blank" class="external">savethechildren.org</a> </li> <li>Save The Children’s USA <a 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class="external">Donate using "Save The Children" UK site</a> </li> </ul> <p>Save The Children have a well deserved reputation for running very effective campaigns that really help the children they’re aimed at. They also are known for being very efficient in how they use any donations they receive. You can visit their <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6146417/k.6241/Financial_Responsibility.htm#cn" target="_blank" class="external">Awards and Rankings</a> page to see how they are rated by various charity monitoring organisations. If you can please make a donation to Save The Children.</p> </p></div> <p> They provide a rare contrast to the greyish-brown city streetscape, whose dusty, fume-filled air will reach 60 degrees this summer and is some of the most polluted in the world. <p>Brightness and colour might inspire initial hope in the minds of concerned parents here, but both hospitals still lack vital machines and laboratory equipment needed to provide radiotherapy or to diagnose the numerous conditions that mean up to 10 babies die every day in the Ibn Ghazwan maternity ward.</p> <p>“We are blind,” says Dr Ahmed Jafer, a paediatric specialist. “Ours is the only neo-natal unit in this region but we cannot quickly diagnose what exactly we are dealing with. Our children are dying from malnutrition, diarrhoea, TB, meningitis, leishmaniasis, chronic liver disease, pneumonia, anaemia and congenital heart disease, all of which are easily preventable outside of Iraq.”</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/13/children-pay-ultimate-price-of-iraqs-poisonous-wartime-legacy/#more-13508" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12918"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/01/iraq-women-struggle-to-make-ends-meet/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: women struggle to make ends meet">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 1st, 2011 by Harith</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/01/iraq-women-struggle-to-make-ends-meet/" rel="bookmark" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-poverty-of/" rel="tag">women - poverty of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-and-war/" rel="tag">women and war</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/womens-rights/" rel="tag">Women's Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1/" rel="tag">جمعية الصليب والهلال الاحمر</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Iraqi women have repeatedly been victims of armed conflict in recent decades. Today, as their dependence on a crumbling social structure grows, many find themselves struggling to make ends meet. The ICRC is helping them get back on their feet.</p> <p>A great many women in Iraq are facing challenges in the task of caring for their families, earning income and taking part in community and professional life. Since widespread violence erupted in 2003, they have been increasingly caught in the crossfire, killed, wounded or driven from their homes. As their menfolk have been killed or taken away in large numbers, the entire burden of running the household has been suddenly thrust upon them.</p> <p>"Regardless of the circumstance of loss, the mere fact that there is no traditional breadwinner directly affects the family’s financial situation," said Caroline Douilliez, head of the ICRC’s Women and War programme in Iraq. "The ICRC’s observations across Iraq have led us to the distressing conclusion that the lack of regular and sufficient income over the years has cast a huge number of families into severe poverty."</p> <div style="border-right: black 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: black 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: black 1px solid; width: 300px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: black 1px solid"> <p>30-03-2011 Operational Update </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/2011/iraq-update-01-02-2011-icrc-eng.pdf" target="_blank" class="external"><strong>Download full document: "Iraq: women struggle to make ends meet"</strong></a> PDF 368 KB </li> </ul></div> <p>According to ICRC estimates, between one and two million households in Iraq today are headed by women. This figure includes women whose husbands are either dead, missing (some since as far back as 1980) or detained. Divorced women are also taken into account. All these women were wives at one time, and today remain mothers to their children and daughters to their parents, and sometimes ultimately breadwinners and caregivers for all these people. Without a male relative, they lack economic, physical and social protection and support. Often they struggle with harrowing memories of the circumstance of death or disappearance of their husband. Displaced women face the added challenge of coping with the loss of a home that they had to leave because of threats to their safety, or for lack of income.</p> <p>"With no job opportunities, with no help from relatives themselves too poor to provide it, and with no assistance from the State social-security system, these women’s daily struggle revolves around putting food on the table and paying for shelter, schooling and medical care," said Ms Douilliez. "Sometimes their only option is to take their young boys out of school and send them out to earn a few dinars for the family. As a result, future generations pay the price of today’s difficult times. Without a proper education, today’s youth will not be equipped to face their own challenges once they have families of their own."</p> <p>In response to this emergency, the ICRC has launched programmes aimed specifically to assist women heading households alone. Since 2008, the organization has focused on finding ways to help women attain self-sufficiency.</p> <p>At the same time, the ICRC closely monitors the effects of efforts made by the State to improve social-welfare benefits for women facing particular hardship. The ICRC can attest to the struggle required to increase budgetary allocations and other resources for this vulnerable group. Ms Douilliez stresses the scale of the problem and the need for a comprehensive approach by the Iraqi government.</p> <p>The ICRC is engaged in dialogue with parliamentarians and other central and provincial policy-makers to ensure that the social-welfare system for vulnerable women receives the resources it needs.</p> <p><b>Assistance:</b> Between 2009 and 2010 the ICRC assisted around 4,000 women heading households who have been displaced from their homes. Food parcels and hygiene items were distributed to women in Baghdad, Diyala and Ninawa governorates.</p> <p><b>Micro-economic initiatives:</b> The ICRC provides in-kind grants to help finance income-generating projects. The grants are extended to women who are willing and able to run such projects, which are often home-based businesses such as small shops, trade projects or food production. The projects, which have been initiated in Najaf, Basra, Missan and Baghdad since 2009, are conducted in partnership with local NGOs and monitored for several months to ensure sustainability.</p> <p><b>Social welfare benefits:</b> The ICRC, working in partnership with local NGOs, helps women handle the formalities associated with applying for social-welfare benefits. As the cost of travel to gather documents is high, especially for women who have very limited resources, it reimburses the travel expenses incurred by women in Baghdad, Anbar, Basra and Missan who have not previously applied for the allowance. In addition, the ICRC has provided the agency in charge of administering the benefit with technical support.</p> <h4>Bringing aid to people facing hardship</h4> <p>The ICRC has maintained its support for people struggling to earn a living, such as women heading households, people with disabilities and the displaced. During the months of January and February, the ICRC:</p> <ul> <li>provided emergency winter assistance for more than 44,000 displaced people in Ninawa, Kirkuk, Diyala, Baghdad, Wassit, Babil, Anbar, Salah Al-Din, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya; </li> <li>awarded 82 grants to disabled people and women heading households in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Ninawa, Sulaimaniya and Erbil to enable them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. Around 900 households headed by women and the disabled have received such assistance since 2008. The grants have benefited over 5,000 people. </li> </ul> <h4>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</h4> <p>Because health-care services in some rural and conflict-prone areas are still struggling to meet the needs of the civilian population, the ICRC continues to help renovate the premises of health-care facilities and train staff. To help disabled people reintegrate into the community, the ICRC also continues to provide limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services. In January and February:</p> <ul> <li>192 new patients were fitted with prostheses and 1,010 with orthoses at 10 ICRC-supported centres throughout Iraq; </li> <li>17 doctors and 44 nurses took part in a course on emergency services given in Sulaimaniya and Najaf for medical personnel from Koya, Erbil, Dohuk, Khanaqin, Sulaimaniya, Kirkuk, Babil, Muthanna, Diwaniya, Kerbala and Najaf. </li> </ul> <p>In 2010 the ICRC began providing on-site support for eight primary health-care centres in Diyala, Ninawa, Kirkuk, Babil and Diwaniya. By agreement with the local authorities, the ICRC visits the centres on a regular basis to maintain and, where necessary, upgrade water supply networks. The ICRC also provides advice for emergency stabilization and referral services. In addition, it helps local health administrations to ensure that stocks of medicines and vaccines are adequate and that these items are always readily available.</p> <p>Over 280,000 people, including internally displaced people, now have better access to basic health-care and emergency services in the eight primary health-care centres. By mid-2010, the ICRC was providing the centres with enhanced support for various services. Local health authorities appointed additional female doctors to work in some facilities and provided additional ambulances and beds.</p> <h4>Providing clean water and sanitation</h4> <p>Access to clean water remains difficult in much of Iraq. ICRC engineers continue to repair and upgrade water, electrical and sanitary facilities, especially in places where violence remains a concern and in rural areas to improve the quality of services provided in communities and health-care facilities. In January and February, these activities included:</p> <h5>Emergency assistance:</h5> <p>The ICRC delivered water by truck:</p> <ul> <li>to al-Sadr City (sectors 52 and 53), Husseinia and Ma’amil area in Baghdad governorate to over 4,840 internally displaced people; </li> <li>to al-Zeidan primary health-care centre in Abu Ghraib, Baghdad governorate. </li> </ul> <h5>Support for health-care facilities:</h5> <p>The ICRC completed the following works:</p> <ul> <li>upgrading the water storage capacity in al-Shirqat General Hospital (100-bed capacity) in Salah al-Din governorate; </li> <li>renovation of the sanitary facilities in three buildings (Zainab, al Kindy and al Razi) in al- Rashad Psychiatric Hospital Phase 2 Stage 2 (1,300-bed capacity) in Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>renovation of a primary health-care centre in al-Sadr City (300 patients per day) in Baghdad governorate. The area served by the centre has a population of 50,000; </li> <li>installation of specialized equipment in al-Sadr Teaching Hospital (200 bed capacity), Najaf governorate. </li> </ul> <h5>Drinking-water supply:</h5> <p>The ICRC completed 10 main projects benefiting over 612,250 people throughout the country:</p> <ul> <li>renovation of Qaim water treatment plant in Anbar governorate, serving about 170,000 people; </li> <li>renovation of a compact unit in Za’faraniya, Baghdad governorate, serving about 200,000 people; </li> <li>transfer and reinstallation of a compact unit from al-Quds to al-Rasheed in Baghdad governorate, serving about 15,000 people; </li> <li>upgrade of five compact units in Abu Ghraib district, Baghdad governorate, serving about 74,000 people; </li> <li>renovation of a compact unit in al-Shirqat, Salah al-Din governorate, serving about 20,000 people; </li> <li>renovation of a compact unit in Diyala governorate serving about 40,000 people; </li> <li>supply of a generator for Mendili and Qaratapa water treatment plants in Diyala governorate, serving about 42,000 people; </li> <li>upgrade of water supply system in Qosh villages, in Ninawa, serving about 45,000 people; </li> <li>upgrade of water supply system in Khanaqin, Diyala governorate, serving about 6,000 people; </li> <li>renovation of a compact unit in Missan governorate serving about 250 people. </li> </ul> <h5>Renovation of infrastructure in places of detention:</h5> <p>● electro-mechanical works completed in Kadhimiya maximum security prison in Baghdad governorate; <br/>● improvement of the women’s yard in Hilla Prison (No. 2), Babil governorate, serving about 50 detainees.</p> <h4>Visiting detainees</h4> <p>In January and February, ICRC delegates visited detainees held by the Iraqi Correctional Service under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, various branches of the Kurdish Regional Government and the United States government in 27 places of detention in 14 governorates. The delegates monitored the conditions in which detainees were being held and the treatment they received.</p> <p>The ICRC shared its observations and recommendations with the detaining authorities with a view to bringing about improvements where needed.</p> <p>In some of the places of detention, the ICRC gave detainees mattresses, blankets and recreational items such as books and games.</p> <p>The ICRC makes a special effort to restore and maintain ties between people held in detention facilities and their loved ones. In January and February over 350 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in Iraq and abroad. The ICRC also responded to over 750 enquiries from families seeking information on detained relatives or requesting other types of information, for instance on missing relatives. In addition, in Iraq, Iran and Kuwait, the ICRC issued close to 1,000 certificates of detention to former detainees and prisoners of war from previous international armed conflicts. The voluntary repatriation of two released detainees took place under the auspices of the ICRC. The organization also issued travel documents to 13 persons, mainly refugees, to enable them to resettle abroad. In February, the ICRC made arrangements for a three-day visit for seven Iraqi families (19 persons) to visit their loved ones detained in Kuwait Central Prison.</p> <h4>Clarifying the fate of missing people</h4> <p>During the months of January and February, the ICRC, in its role as a neutral intermediary, chaired a meeting between Iraq and Iran during which joint field work undertaken with a view to recovering the remains of soldiers killed during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War was discussed. It also chaired one meeting of the Technical Sub-Committee dealing with missing persons from the 1990-1991 Gulf War, and participated in technical meetings with the parties concerned with a view to preparing joint field exhumations.</p> <p>The mortal remains of 38 persons, presumed to be Iraqi soldiers killed during the Iran-Iraq War, were handed over by the Iranian to the Iraqi authorities under ICRC auspices.</p> <p>The ICRC continued to provide the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights and Baghdad’s Medical-Legal Institute with the technical support they require to exchange information and build up their capacity in the area of forensics. In January, the ICRC provided training in forensic anthropology for 27 members of the Medico-Legal Institute.</p> <h4>Promoting compliance with international humanitarian law</h4> <p>Reminding parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians is a fundamental part of the ICRC’s work. The organization also endeavours to spread knowledge of international humanitarian law by organizing presentations for various audiences, including military personnel, prison staff, students and professors.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2011/iraq-update-2011-03-30.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: women struggle to make ends meet</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11826"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/11/30/iraq-civilians-still-suffering-undue-hardship/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: civilians still suffering undue hardship">No Comments</a></span> Posted on November 30th, 2010 by Abdus-Samad</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/11/30/iraq-civilians-still-suffering-undue-hardship/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/wheat/" rel="tag">wheat</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-and-children/" rel="tag">Women and Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1/" rel="tag">جمعية الصليب والهلال الاحمر</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>The persistent lack of security is hampering efforts to provide essential services for civilians. The ICRC is doing its utmost to help meet the most pressing needs. This is an update on these and other <span style="border-right: black 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: black 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: black 1px solid; width: 300px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: black 1px solid"><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open" target="_blank" class="external">ICRC</a> 30-11-2010 <a title="Operational Update" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2010/irak-update-2010-11-30.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Operational Update</a></strong> </span>ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in September and October.</p> <p>Despite improvements in the security situation achieved over the years in many parts of Iraq, ongoing violence continues to claim the lives of hundreds of men, women and children every month, and to have a serious impact on the lives of many more.</p> <p>Over the past year, the lives of many Iraqi civilians have not changed for the better. Civilians continue to carry the heaviest burden amid the widespread violence. They are still the main victims of the indiscriminate attacks and mass explosions that have taken place in cities such as Baghdad, Ninewa, Diyala, Anbar, Najaf, Kerbala and Basra, and that have left, on average, hundreds of people wounded or dead each month this year.</p> <p>"Indiscriminate attacks against civilians inflict tremendous suffering. They are clearly unacceptable. They are contrary to international humanitarian law and to the most basic principles of humanity," said Magne Barth, head of the ICRC delegation in Iraq. "Civilians must be protected against violence, as must be medical personnel and facilities".</p> <p>The humanitarian situation in Iraq remains serious. Iraqis are filled with anxiety and uncertainty about what the future holds. Vulnerable people, such as women heading households, disabled people and detainees, continue to depend to some extent on outside help to meet basic needs.</p> <p>The persistent lack of security and wanton violence have had a considerable effect on the feasibility of providing essential services for the population. The ICRC is doing its utmost to help meet the most pressing needs, especially in rural areas and in the places hardest hit by the conflict and other violence. ICRC activities aim primarily at ensuring that people have access to adequate health, water and sanitation services, and at helping the destitute and other needy people.</p> <p>Visits to detainees held under Iraqi, Kurdistan Regional Government and USF-I authority remain a priority for the ICRC. "Ensuring that detainees are treated humanely and are held in conditions that respect their dignity has been our constant concern since we started working in Iraq 30 years ago," said Mr Barth.</p> <p>The ICRC continues to speak out about the plight of conflict victims in Iraq. It does so in dialogue with as many parties as possible that can influence the situation on the ground. Its aim is to bring about greater respect for civilians and detainees, and to ensure that unimpeded access is granted for humanitarian action to help the people in greatest need throughout the country.</p> <p>"The role of the ICRC, as an impartial humanitarian organization, is crucial to efforts to protect civilians from harm and to ensure that detainees are properly treated and held in decent conditions," said Mr Barth.</p> <p>In September and October 2010, in response to the unstable and often changing security environment, the ICRC made further adjustments to its working procedures so that it could continue to provide services to those who need them most.</p> <h4><b>Bringing aid to vulnerable people</b></h4> <p>The ICRC has maintained its support for people facing special difficulties earning a living and supporting their families, such as women heading households and people with disabilities. In September and October:</p> <ul> <li>hygiene kits and food parcels were provided for more than 5,600 people in the governorate of Mosul; </li> <li>emergency aid was provided for more than 170 displaced people in Sulaimaniya governorate; </li> <li>95 grants were made in Kirkuk, Ninewa, Dohuk, Sulaimaniya and Erbil governorates to enable disabled people to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. Around 700 disabled people have received such aid since 2008; </li> <li>the livestock of 731 needy farmers in the Kifri district of Diyala governorate were vaccinated; </li> <li>around 950 metric tonnes of wheat seed were delivered to some 3,800 farmers in the governorates of Diyala, Anbar, Salahadin, Baghdad and Babil to help them restore their food production; </li> <li>50 kilometres of irrigation canals serving over 7,000 people were cleaned and renovated in the Khalis and Kifri districts of Diyala governorate; </li> <li>600 sheep and 38 metric tonnes of fodder were distributed to 200 farmers in the Baaj district of Ninewa governorate. </li> </ul> <h4>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</h4> <p>In some rural and conflict-prone areas, health-care services are still struggling to meet the needs of the civilian population. The ICRC continues to help renovate the premises of health-care facilities and train staff. Limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services are provided by the ICRC to help disabled people reintegrate into the community. In September and October:</p> <ul> <li>10 doctors and 28 nurses successfully took part in a course intended to strengthen emergency services given in Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf; </li> <li>273 new patients were fitted with prostheses and 1,148 new patients with orthoses at 10 ICRC-supported centres throughout Iraq. </li> </ul> <h4>Providing clean water and sanitation</h4> <p>Access to clean water remains difficult in much of Iraq. ICRC engineers continue to repair and upgrade water, electrical and sanitary facilities, especially in places where violence remains a concern and in rural areas, to improve the quality of services provided in communities and health-care facilities. In September and October, these activities included:</p> <h5>Emergency assistance:</h5> <p>The ICRC delivered water by truck:</p> <p>● in Zharawa district, Sadr City, Husseinia and Maamal to 6,384 internally displaced people; <br/>● to the 385-bed Al Imam Ali General Hospital; <br/>● to the 400-bed Al Kindy General Hospital in Baghdad, which was struggling to cope with summer water shortages.</p> <h5>Support for health-care facilities:</h5> <p>The ICRC completed work upgrading: <br/>● Tarmiyah General Hospital, which serves between 250 and 300 outpatients daily, in Baghdad governorate; <br/>● Tamour primary health-care centre, which serves 50 patients per day, in Kirkuk governorate.</p> <h5>Water supply in hospitals:</h5> <ul> <li>The ICRC completed the installation of drinking-water purification units in Baquba General Hospital, Muqdadiya General Hospital, Baladrooz General Hospital and Al Zahraa Maternity Hospital, with an overall capacity of 600 beds, in Diyala governorate. </li> </ul> <h5>Drinking-water supply:</h5> <ul> <li>Five main projects benefiting around 725,000 people were completed throughout the country. </li> </ul> <h4><b>Visiting detainees</b></h4> <p>ICRC delegates visit detainees in order to monitor the conditions in which they are being held and the treatment they receive. In all cases, the ICRC shares its findings and recommendations confidentially with the detaining authorities, with the aim of obtaining improvements where necessary.</p> <p>In September and October, the ICRC visited detainees held by the correctional service of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Defence and various Kurdish Regional Government authorities in places of detention in Basra, Thi Qar/Nasiriya, Baghdad, Babil, Kirkuk, Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates.</p> <p>In some of these places, to help the detaining authority improve conditions of detention, the ICRC gave detainees mattresses, blankets and recreational items such as books and games.</p> <p>The ICRC makes a special effort to restore and maintain ties between detainees and their families. In September and October, over 1,000 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in Iraq and abroad. The ICRC also responded to around 800 enquiries from families seeking information on detained relatives. In addition, it issued 249 certificates of detention to former detainees. The ICRC facilitated the voluntary repatriation of two released detainees, and issued two travel documents to refugees to enable them to resettle abroad.</p> <h4><b>Clarifying what happened to missing people</b></h4> <p>In its role as a neutral intermediary, the ICRC continues to chair the mechanisms set up to address the cases of people who went missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War. At the 67th session of the Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, held on 28 September in Kuwait, the members of the sub-committee reaffirmed their commitment to accounting for people who went missing in connection with the war. At the sub-committee’s next meeting, which will take place in Kuwait in November, preparations will be made for a joint field mission to the south of Iraq to check on suspected burial sites.</p> <p>On 27 and 28 October, representatives of Iran and Iraq held a high-level meeting in Geneva under ICRC auspices with the aim of determining what happened to people missing in connection with the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. The meeting was the first of its kind following the signature in October 2008 of a memorandum of understanding between Iran, Iraq and the ICRC aimed at expediting the search for information on people previously registered as, or presumed to be, prisoners of war and on others who have gone missing, and at identifying mortal remains.</p> <p>Relieving the suffering of the families of missing persons by clarifying what happened to their loved ones is one of the ICRC’s priorities. The ICRC continues to provide the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights and Baghdad’s Medical-Legal Institute with the technical support they require to exchange information and build up their capacity in the area of forensics.</p> <h4><b>Promoting international humanitarian law</b></h4> <p>Reminding parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians is a fundamental part of the ICRC’s work. The organization also endeavours to promote international humanitarian law within civil society. In this framework, it organizes presentations for various audiences, which include military personnel, prison staff, students and professors.</p> <p>In September and October, information sessions on international humanitarian law were organized for members of the Iraqi Army, the Peshmerga forces and Assayesh security forces. In October, a "train-the-trainers" course was organized for 14 members of the Iraqi Centre for Military Values and Professional Leadership Development. One member of the Iraqi armed forces attended an advanced course on international humanitarian law at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy, and another attended a workshop on rules of engagement, also held in Italy.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2010/irak-update-2010-11-30.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: civilians still suffering undue hardship</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11087"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/20/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d8%b1%d8%b7%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%b0%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%b9%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%aa%d9%87%d9%86-%d8%ae%d8%b7%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%82/#respond" title="Comment on الشرطة تحذر من عصابات تمتهن خطف المعاقين ذهنياً وسرقة اعضائهم">No Comments</a></span> Posted 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رميهم في الساحات العامة، موضحا أن 14 شخصا منهم فارقوا الحياة بعد ساعات من رميهم في العراء. <br/>وأوضح الموسوي، أن كل ما تمتلكه الشرطة من معلومات، هو أن العصابات تلك تقوم ببيع أعضاء المجانين بأسعار خيالية خارج القطر، بالتعاون مع مستشفيات أهلية في دول مجاورة للعراق. <br/>وأضاف، لقد تم التمكن من إحباط محاولة إخراج كلية لأحد المجانين عند الحدود مع إيران، كان أفراد العصابة قد اتفقوا مع مستشفى إيراني على بيعها بخمسة آلاف دولار أميركي، لكن الشرطة اكتشفت أن تلك العصابة هي واحدة من سبعة عصابات أخرى تنشط في العراق.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10836"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/30/%d8%ab%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a5%d8%ba%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a8%d9%85/#respond" title="Comment on ثماني حالات إغماء واختناق جراء حريق بمستشفى للولادة 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-supply-systems/" rel="tag">water supply systems</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-treatment/" rel="tag">water treatment</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/water-treatment-plants/" rel="tag">water treatment plants</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/wheat/" rel="tag">wheat</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/women-poverty-of/" rel="tag">women - poverty of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1/" rel="tag">جمعية الصليب والهلال الاحمر</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>Millions of people in Iraq cannot get clean water or water in sufficient quantity. The ICRC is doing its best to improve access to safe water. This is an update on ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in March and April.</p> <p>The Tigris and the Euphrates, which supply the bulk of Iraq’s water, are slowly dwindling and in some areas can no longer be used as a reliable source of drinking water. Across the country, the shrinking of the rivers is having serious consequences on the functioning of water treatment plants. It also affects underground aquifers, where the salt content of the water is increasing. This water is often unfit for human consumption or even for agricultural use. </p> <p>The volatile security situation in some areas and the rising price of fuel have put additional strain on already scarce services, as have population growth and displacement. In many places, the strain is further compounded by a lack of qualified engineers and staff able to maintain and repair water and sanitation facilities. Many farming communities were hard hit by the drought that struck northern Iraq in 2008. Average rainfall over the past 10 years has been far lower than in previous decades. In the north, water supply systems fed by springs and shallows aquifers have been depleted and often have less water available to meet demand. Although rainfall has been better in many places during 2009 and 2010, low water-levels continue to affect agriculture production, meaning Iraq needs to import more rice and wheat. With less water of sufficient quality generally available, management of the existing resources is key. </p> <p>Because large suburban residential areas have sometimes developed without adequate infrastructure, and certain sewage treatment plants are bypassed, wastewater is discharged untreated into rivers and lakes. Ditches and ponds filled with foul-smelling polluted water blight many neighbourhoods. The United Nations recently estimated that around 83% of sewage is being let into rivers and waterways. </p> <p>Water treatment and distribution facilities are also disrupted by persistent power shortages. Iraq is currently producing around 6,000 megawatts of electricity a day, while demand is estimated at 10,000 megawatts. Health, water and sewage facilities and other infrastructure in many parts of the country still rely on back-up generators to meet their need for electric power. </p> <p>Water distribution systems that are old or badly maintained are further weakened by illegal connections and substandard plumbing within households. Leakages cause large amounts of wasted water and frequent contamination. According to the United Nations, nearly half of Iraqis in rural areas are without safe drinking water. The Iraqi government estimates that 24% of Iraqis in the country as a whole, or nearly one in four, do not have access to safe water. </p> <p>"Reliable access to enough water of sufficient quality remains a major challenge for large parts of the population", said Julien Le Sourd, the ICRC’s water and habitat coordinator in Iraq. "The ICRC is doing its utmost to improve this by repairing and upgrading water supply and sewage systems. We do this in partnership with the authorities and we are also providing training for maintenance staff working in water treatment plants." </p> <p>In March and April, ICRC water engineers:</p> <ul> <li>completed work at the Ashty water station, in Erbil governorate, which provides safe drinking water for around 10,000 people living in nearby villages; </li> <li>built an emergency unit in the 50-bed Qala’t Salih Hospital in Missan governorate; </li> <li>upgraded the storage capacity for drinking water and for water used in the cooling system in Medical City Hospital, Baghdad. The hospital can accommodate 1,400 patients and treats around 10,000 outpatients per day; </li> <li>renovated a primary health-care centre serving around 400 patients in Sadr City, Baghdad; </li> <li>connected the school of al Rahma camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Najaf City, which has 1,000 pupils and teachers, to the municipal water and electricity supply networks; </li> <li>supplied and installed a new mortuary refrigerator with a capacity of 12 corpses in Beiji General Hospital, in Salah Al Din governorate; </li> <li>delivered water by truck to 4,500 displaced people in Sadr City and to 340 in Husseinia and Ma’amil, Al Imam Ali General Hospital and Fatma al Zahra Hospital, all in Baghdad governorate, and to 360 in Qalawa Quarter camp in Sulaimaniya; </li> <li>installed equipment used to fill water bags for distribution during emergencies at Al Wathba water treatment plant in Baghdad; </li> <li>repaired the Hindiyah water treatment plant in Karbala, which supplies water to around 125,000 people; </li> <li>installed a large-capacity pump in al Fadhliya water treatment plant, Thi Qar governorate, providing drinking water for 82,000 people. </li> <li>assessed, in cooperation with Iraqi Correctional Services engineers, 11 detention facilities under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, evaluating needs and recommending improvements for the delivery of essential services (water, electricity, sewage). </li> </ul> <p><b>Bringing aid to vulnerable people</b> </p> <p>The ICRC maintained its support for people facing special difficulty earning a living and supporting their families, such as women heading households, people with disabilities and displaced people: </p> <ul> <li>more than 2,300 displaced families headed by women in Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Ninawa governorates were given monthly food parcels and hygiene items; </li> <li>around 2,100 people displaced in March from Mosul to Hamdanya and Tilkaif were given food parcels and rice; </li> <li>61 disabled people in Erbil, Dohuk and Ninawa governorates were given micro-economic aid enabling them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. A total of 459 disabled people have now received such aid in a programme that started in 2008. </li> </ul> <p><b>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</b> </p> <p>Iraqi health facilities still benefit from ICRC support. To help disabled people reintegrate into the community, the ICRC provides limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services. In March and April: </p> <ul> <li>six hospitals and three primary health-care centres received medical supplies and equipment; </li> <li>25 doctors and 28 nurses successfully took part in a training course on strengthening emergency services given at Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf and at Sulaimaniya Emergency Hospital; </li> <li>two people from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research involved in the teaching of prosthetics and orthotics went to the National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics in the United Kingdom under ICRC sponsorship for advanced training. </li> </ul> <p><b>Visiting detainees</b> </p> <p>ICRC delegates continued to visit detainees in order to monitor the conditions in which they are being held and the treatment they receive. In all cases, the ICRC shares its findings and recommendations in confidence with the detaining authorities. In March and April, the ICRC visited detainees held: </p> <ul> <li>in Counter-Terrorism Directorate and Tasfirat Najaf, in Najaf governorate; </li> <li>in Mina and Samawa prisons, Basra governorate; </li> <li>in Counter-Terrorism Directorate, Kirkuk governorate; </li> <li>in US custody, in Remembrance II, Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>in four prisons and one police station in Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates. </li> </ul> <p>Around 1,550 detainees held in Hilla I & II Correctional Facilities were given mattresses and recreational items such as ping-pong tables, soccer balls and volleyballs. </p> <p>The ICRC makes a special effort to restore and maintain ties between detainees and their families. In March, it arranged for six Iraqi families to enter Kuwait and visit their relatives detained there since 1991. In addition, around 10,500 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in Iraq and abroad during the month of March. </p> <p>During March and April, the ICRC responded to more than 3,600 enquiries from families seeking information on detained relatives. It also issued 220 certificates to former detainees making them eligible to receive social welfare benefits. </p> <p>At the request of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the ICRC issued 73 travel documents for Palestinian refugees in Iraq to enable them to resettle abroad. </p> <p><b>Clarifying what happened to missing people</b> </p> <p>The ICRC supports the authorities in their efforts to clarify what happened to those who went missing in connection with the Iran-Iraq War and the 1990-1991 Gulf War. It also helps train forensic professionals in the identification and management of mortal remains and regularly supplies equipment. In the past two months: </p> <ul> <li>the Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, handling cases of persons missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War, held its 64th session in Kuwait, which was chaired by the ICRC and attended by representatives from Iraq, Kuwait and the 1990-1991 Coalition (the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Saudi Arabia). Nine samples of human remains were handed over by the Iraqi to the Kuwaiti delegation for DNA analysis in an effort to determine if they belonged to missing Kuwaiti nationals. The sub-committee will hold a special meeting on forensics in Kuwait in May; </li> <li>mortal remains of Iraqi soldiers were repatriated from Kuwait under ICRC auspices. </li> </ul> <p><b>Promoting international humanitarian law</b> </p> <p>In line with its mandate, the ICRC promotes compliance with international humanitarian law and reminds parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians. In March and April, the ICRC organized a series of seminars and presentations on international humanitarian law for various audiences all over Iraq.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9488"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/31/red-cross-iraq-coping-with-violence-and-striving-to-earn-a-living/#respond" title="Comment on Red Cross Iraq: coping with violence and striving to earn a living">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Nur Hussein Ghazali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/31/red-cross-iraq-coping-with-violence-and-striving-to-earn-a-living/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Red Cross Iraq: coping with violence and striving to earn a living">Red Cross Iraq: coping with violence and striving to earn a living</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1/" rel="tag">جمعية الصليب والهلال الاحمر</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>The beginning of 2010 was marred by acts of violence that claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians, mainly in Baghdad, the central governorates and Najaf. In Mosul, families fled violence and sought refuge in safer areas. Although recent violence-related displacement has been sporadic, there remain some 2.8 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Iraq who had to leave their homes over recent years in search of safety. </p> <p>Many Iraqis, especially those worst affected by the effects of the conflict and the ongoing violence, such as displaced, elderly and disabled people and women heading households, continued to struggle to feed their families. Their inability to buy enough of the essential goods they require remains a major concern. </p> <p>Agriculture, formerly an important part of the economy, has been declining for the past decade. Individuals who have lost agricultural machinery to damage, age or disrepair often cannot replace it owing to a lack of financial wherewithal. In addition, the water supply has been hard hit by a failure to properly maintain pumping stations and irrigation and distribution canals, by the unreliable electricity supply and by higher fuel costs. The massive increase in the price of seed and fertilizer, and cheap imports from neighbouring countries, also play a role in making farming difficult, if not impossible, in many parts of Iraq. Many farmers try to survive by cultivating smaller patches of land, but as they are forced to use low-quality supplies the result is often poor harvests. Others have migrated to cities in search of other ways of earning a living. </p> <p>The situation was exacerbated by the 2008 drought – the worst in the past 10 years – which had an especially severe impact on rain-fed agriculture in central, west-central and some northern parts of the country. In some areas, agricultural production was wiped out. After years of poor rainfalls, pastures were reduced and prices of fodder soared. According to an ICRC survey, breeders were forced to cut down their herds by more than 60 per cent in some parts of the country, which had a drastic effect on their livelihoods. "Before, we used to move to neighbouring districts. Now, everywhere is dry and we lost our crops and animals. How can we go on?," said one local farmer in Ninawa governorate. </p> <p>For households that have lost their main wage earner, the economic situation is especially hard to endure. Most people who went missing in connection with recent wars or the ongoing violence, and most people behind bars, are adult males – usually breadwinners. The women and children they left behind often became isolated and therefore extremely vulnerable, despite the strong cultural solidarity among Iraqis. </p> <p>The ICRC is helping the Iraqis who are worst off to cope with their hardships, and Iraqi communities to support themselves unaided. It is distributing seed and fertilizer, and fodder for livestock. In addition, it is vaccinating cattle and cleaning and improving irrigation canals. In 2009 alone, some 195,000 people benefited. </p> <p>In January and February 2010, according to the ICRC’s own independent assessment carried out by the organization’s staff all over Iraq, more than 20,000 people benefited from its humanitarian assistance:</p> <ul> <li>almost 15,500 displaced people (families headed by women) in Baghdad, Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Ninawa governorates were given monthly food parcels and hygiene items; </li> <li>around 5,400 people recently displaced from Mosul to Hamdanya and Tilkaif received emergency food parcels, rice and ready-to-eat meals; </li> <li>over 1,900 farmers in Diyala governorate received 491.5 metric tonnes of urea fertilizer to help them improve their harvest and make their farming sustainable; </li> <li>43 disabled people in Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaimaniya and Ninewa governorates benefited from micro-economic aid enabling them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. </li> </ul> <p>The ICRC also endeavoured to respond to other needs of the Iraqi population in January and February. </p> <h3>Providing clean water and sanitation</h3> <p>Access to clean water remains inadequate in several parts of the country. Only 45 per cent of the population, on average, have clean drinking water and 20 per cent proper sewage disposal. ICRC water engineers continue to repair and upgrade water, electrical and sanitation facilities all over Iraq, especially in areas where violence remains a concern, to enhance access for civilians to clean water and to improve the quality of services provided in communities and health-care facilities. </p> <ul> <li>Baghdad governorate: Samadiya water compact unit for about 20,000 people, Al Mahmodiya General Hospital serving some 400,000 people living in the area, Ibn Al Khateeb Infectious Diseases Hospital, Medico Legal Institute, Tabat al Kurd water boosting station for over 3,500 people and Al Mada’in water treatment plant for 470,000 people (including displaced people) plus three hospitals and eight primary health-care centres. </li> <li>Anbar governorate: Heet water treatment plant for 45,000 residents and 250 displaced people, Habbaniya water treatment plant for 30,000 residents and 1,500 displaced people, and Al Qaim Hospital providing health care for around 350,000 area inhabitants. </li> <li>Salah Al Din governorate: al Dor clinic and Dijail compact unit supplying water to almost 25,000 people. </li> </ul> <p>Other water-related works were carried out that will benefit nearly 100,000 people in Missan, Diwaniya and Diyala governorates, and in Ninawa governorate where 3,000 inmates held at Badoosh prison will be among those benefiting. </p> <p>Water was delivered by truck to: </p> <ul> <li>4,500 displaced people in Sadr City and 340 in Husseinia and Ma’amil, and in Baghdad Teaching Hospital, all in Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>Qalawa Quarter camp in Sulaimaniya, hosting around 360 displaced people. Two damaged tanks of 5,000 litres each have been replaced. </li> </ul> <h3>Assisting hospitals and physical rehabilitation centres</h3> <p>Health-care services are still inadequate. In some areas, it is difficult to reach health facilities because of the prevailing lack of security. Iraqi health facilities still benefit from ICRC support. Limb-fitting and physical rehabilitation services are provided by the ICRC to help disabled people reintegrate into the community. In January and February: </p> <ul> <li>12 hospitals and three primary health-care centres received medical supplies and equipment; </li> <li>34 doctors and nurses successfully took part in a training course on strengthening emergency services given in Sulaimaniya Emergency Hospital and in Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf; </li> <li>26 managers working in the field of primary health care in Ninawa, Kirkuk, Erbil and Diyala governorates participated in a forum, held in Erbil, on improving the quality of health care services in rural primary health-care centres; </li> <li>two physiotherapists from Najaf, two from Hilla, one from Sulaimaniya and one from Erbil attended a three-week training course in Erbil, where the ICRC runs a physical rehabilitation centre. </li> </ul> <h3>Visiting detainees</h3> <p>Visiting detainees remains a top priority for the ICRC in Iraq. In January and February, ICRC delegates visited detainees held: </p> <ul> <li>in Fort Suse Federal Prison, Sulaimaniya governorate; in Nasiriya Prison, Thi-Qar governorate; in Mina and Maaqal prisons, Basra governorate; </li> <li>in Tasfirat Kirkuk, Emergency Police Station and Juvenile Police Centre; in Assayesh KDP Station, Kirkuk governorate; </li> <li>in Brigade 54, 6th Division, Baghdad governorate; </li> <li>in six prisons and two police stations in Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates; </li> <li>in Camp Taji (US custody), Baghdad governorate. This was the last visit to the detention facility prior to its handover to Iraqi authorities. </li> </ul> <p>Around 5,200 detainees held in Fort Suse, Chamchamal, Khademiya, Adhala and Amarah prisons received blankets, mattresses and clothes to help them cope with the cold winter season. In Chamchamal Federal Prison, 34 disabled detainees were given crutches as part of a follow-up carried out by ICRC health delegates of health care in the prison. </p> <p>More than 7,800 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in January and February. In addition, 626 detention certificates were issued to former detainees or internees to make them eligible for social welfare benefits. </p> <h3>Clarifying what happened to missing people</h3> <p>The ICRC supports the authorities in their efforts to clarify what happened to those who went missing in connection with the Iran-Iraq War and the 1990-1991 Gulf War. It also helps train forensic professionals in the identification and management of mortal remains and regularly supplies equipment. In January and February: </p> <ul> <li>the mortal remains of nine Iranian soldiers were repatriated from Iraq under ICRC auspices; </li> <li>the Technical Sub-Committee of the Tripartite Commission, handling cases of persons missing in connection with the 1990-1991 Gulf War, held its 63rd session in Kuwait, which was chaired by the ICRC and attended by representatives from Iraq, Kuwait and the 1990-1991 Coalition (the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Saudi Arabia); </li> <li>two days of training by an ICRC forensic specialist were provided for staff of Al Zubair centre to help them better manage the files of thousands of missing persons. </li> </ul> <h3>Promoting international humanitarian law</h3> <p>Reminding parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians is a fundamental part of the ICRC’s work. The organization also endeavours to promote international humanitarian law within the civil society. In this framework, a series of presentations were organized for various audiences, which included military personnel, prison staff, students and professors </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-update-300309" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: coping with violence and striving to earn a living</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9353"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/25/abeer-mohammed-iraqs-crumbling-corrupt-healthcare/#respond" title="Comment on Abeer Mohammed : Iraq’s crumbling, corrupt healthcare">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Haleema Al-Azzawi</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/25/abeer-mohammed-iraqs-crumbling-corrupt-healthcare/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Abeer Mohammed : Iraq’s crumbling, corrupt healthcare">Abeer Mohammed : Iraq’s crumbling, corrupt healthcare</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/category/health-crisis-iraq/" title="View all posts in Health" rel="category tag">Health</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/attacks-on-medical-and-humanitarian-workers/" rel="tag">Attacks on medical and humanitarian workers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/cataracts/" rel="tag">cataracts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/chronic-violence/" rel="tag">chronic violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/corruption/" rel="tag">Corruption</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/doctors-killing-of/" rel="tag">Doctors - killing of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/health/" rel="tag">Health</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/health-care-crisis/" rel="tag">Health care crisis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/healthcare-system/" rel="tag">healthcare system</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/hospitals/" rel="tag">Hospitals</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/infrastructure/" rel="tag">infrastructure</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/medical-personnel-shortages/" rel="tag">medical personnel shortages</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ophthalmologist/" rel="tag">ophthalmologist</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/private-physicians/" rel="tag">private physicians</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sanctions/" rel="tag">Sanctions</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p><em>Until my mother fell ill, I had no idea of the depth of crisis in Iraq’s corrupt and chaotic healthcare system.</em></p> <p>While Iraqis elected a new parliament this month, I sat in a half-empty hospital ward in Baghdad, fearing for my mother’s life. Despite having planned to vote and to report on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/22/iraq-election-coalition-government" class="external" target="_blank">election day</a> this year, I ended up casting aside my duty as a citizen and my desire as a journalist to stay at my mother’s bedside.</p> <p>For the preceding two weeks, a series of mysterious spasms in her leg had left her increasingly paralysed, crying in agony at the slightest movement. Our desperate search for treatment had taken us on a nightmare tour of Baghdad’s corrupt and chaotic healthcare system.</p> <p>My mother was seen by 10 hospital doctors and five private physicians, each of whom offered a different diagnosis. We spent hundreds of dollars and several sleepless nights taking care of her, only for her condition to steadily worsen.</p> <p>On election day, 7 March, she was completely bed-ridden and in almost constant pain. My father and I set up watch by her hospital bed, trying to soothe her with words as we waited for a doctor. No doctor appeared that day, despite assurances from the only nurse on duty that one was on his way.</p> <p>This year’s vote was vital for Iraq’s future: a chance to influence what sort of government takes over as the American military withdraws. Many people have said they want their leaders to strengthen security and improve public services, including <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8027664.stm" class="external" target="_blank">healthcare</a>.</p> <p>Staying away from the streets on such a historic day was one of the hardest choices I’ve made in my career as a journalist. And as I later realised, I was forced to take this decision because of my country’s chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure: the very curses the voters were hoping to lift.</p> <p>My mother is 53. Late last year, her eyesight began to worsen. An ophthalmologist diagnosed cataracts in her eyes, possibly linked to the diabetes she has had since she was young. Three days after an operation to correct the cataract in her left eye, my mother suffered a spasm in her left leg. As her pain worsened, she was unable to leave the bed or even sit upright.</p> <p>The expensive scanning technology that could examine my mother was only available at the big public hospitals. When we went there, however, we found that the senior doctors – the specialists she needed to see – had stopped coming to work in the runup to the elections because they were worried about being killed or kidnapped. Targeted because of their wealth or sect, almost half the country’s population of doctors is estimated by the government to have <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/medical-crisis-in-iraq-as-doctors-and-nurses-flee-462066.html" class="external" target="_blank">fled abroad</a> at the height of the recent conflict. Few have returned.</p> <p>A healthcare system that was starved by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.globalpolicy.org/iraq/previous-issues-and-debate-on-iraq/sanctions-against-iraq.html" class="external" target="_blank">sanctions in the time of Saddam Hussein</a> is now better stocked, but desperately short of skilled staff. Patients still face long waits for life-saving treatment in battered facilities. As in other areas of Iraqi public life, corruption is rife in public hospitals. The staff often solicits money from patients, either blatantly as bribes or masked as payment for medicines that ought to be free.</p> <p>In the last few years, Baghdadis have also had the option of visiting smaller private health centres, where the standard of care is often better than in the public facilities – but the price is prohibitively high. During the election period, the only specialists willing to see my mother worked in private clinics, where they felt relatively safe.</p> <p>Unable to move without extreme agony, my mother needed an ambulance even to take her to a doctor. Our calls to the public ambulance service went unanswered. After asking around, we were told that we needed to make a private arrangement with the ambulance crews, rather like hiring a taxi. My husband visited the hospital garage and struck a deal: a 30-minute journey, travelling 25 kilometers across Baghdad, would cost almost $100 (£67).</p> <p>The specialists could not diagnose her illness, however, and her condition worsened. On the eve of the election, my father and I decided to check her into the hospital. I felt utterly helpless. All I wanted was a doctor who would treat her correctly. I feared she was going to die, yet I had to put on a brave face to keep her spirits up.</p> <p>Some days after the election, doctors began trickling into the hospital. One prescribed an injection to ease her pain. Another said she had suffered nerve damage.</p> <p>My mother is now back home, receiving several injections every day and showing slow, slight signs of improvement. My father and I had been considering taking her abroad for treatment, possibly to India or Lebanon.</p> <p>Until my mother fell ill, I had not realised the depth of the crisis in Iraq’s public services: I was under the impression that only the very poorest went without decent medical care. The rest of us could get by in emergencies by paying expensive fees or bribes. Now I know the situation is far worse than that. Today, Iraqis die not just from bombs and violence but from incompetence, corruption and a lack of compassion.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/25/iraq-healthcare-public-services" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq’s crumbling, corrupt healthcare | Abeer Mohammed | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9074"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/13/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b4-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%b7%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%ae-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b4%d9%81/#respond" title="Comment on البصرة: عائلات تعتاش على مطابخ المستشفيات وبقايا موائد المطاعم الخاصة والشركات">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 13th, 2010 by markfromireland</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/food-insecurity/" rel="tag">Food insecurity</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/food-ration/" rel="tag">food ration</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/hospitals/" rel="tag">Hospitals</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/poverty/" rel="tag">Poverty</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div dir="rtl" align="right"> <p><strong>رب عائلة: الأحزاب التي تسلمت السلطة لم تغير من سنوات الحصار شيئا</strong></p> <p>البصرة: جاسم داخل «الشرق الأوسط» – تعد العائلات في البصرة التي يعمل أحد أفرادها في مطابخ المستشفيات والمطاعم أكثر أمنا من حيث غذائها اليومي بين العائلات الفقيرة التي تشكل غالبية سكان المحافظة المعروفة بإنتاجها النفطي الوفير. <br/><a title="20100313_children_scavengers_food_in_garbage_dump" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4428366375/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="border-right: black 1px solid; border-top: black 1px solid; display: inline; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: black 1px solid; border-bottom: black 1px solid" alt="20100313_children_scavengers_food_in_garbage_dump" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909im_/http://static.flickr.com/4070/4428366375_1e95821ef4.jpg" align="right"/></a>وما يميز تلك العائلات عدم مبالاتها بتأخر توزيع المواد الغذائية المصروفة بموجب البطاقة التموينية أو النقص في مفرداتها كغيرهم من الأهالي، وينحصر جل اهتمامها بالقدر اليومي القادم في المساء، والحاوي للمواد الغذائية الفائضة عن حاجة المرضى الراقدين في المستشفيات والأطعمة الزائدة عن موائد المطاعم الخاصة والشركات. وقال أبو أيمن، وهو رجل ستيني مقعد على درجة عالية من سعة الاطلاع والثقافة لا هم له غير القراءة، لـ«الشرق الأوسط»، إنه «منذ ما يقرب من ربع قرن ننتظر في المساء قدوم الزوجة التي تعمل بصفة طباخ بأحد المستشفيات العامة حاملة قدور الطعام من فائض طعام المرضى والأطباء المقيمين، الذي يعد مصدر قوتنا الرئيسي كل يوم». وأضاف «كان الناس يتحدثون عند انهيار النظام السابق وقدوم أحزاب المعارضة أن تجعل لأهالي المدينة حصة في ثرواتها تنتشلهم من الفقر الوراثي المزمن، لكنهم لم يمنحوا الأهالي سوى حصص مضافة من شح المياه وتلوث البيئة»، مشيرا إلى أنه لم ير اختلافا كبيرا عن سنوات الحصار، إذ بقيت وجوه عامة الناس على حالها شاحبة بلا لون يدل على النظارة. <br/>وأكدت الزوجة أن «بعض المرضى الراقدين في المستشفى لا يتناولون الأطعمة المقدمة لهم من الإدارة والتي يشرف عليها أطباء اختصاص، ويعتمدون على الأغذية التي يجلبها لهم ذووهم من مساكنهم، والبعض الآخر يتناول قسما منها وحسب وصايا الطبيب»، مشيرة إلى أن «الكثير من الأغذية الفائضة تقسم بين العاملات في المطبخ لجلبها إلى عوائلهن كونها نظيفة ومتنوعة حسب جدول غذائي». وقالت «تمكنت من خلال توفير تلك الأطعمة مضافا إليها راتبي وما نحصل عليه من بيع حصة الكمية، من إعالة عائلتي وتربية بناتي وإدخالهن إلى الجامعة». ويرى علاء مهدي (صاحب مطعم) أن «بعضا من عمال المطعم خاصة ممن لديهم عائلات كبيرة، يعزلون الطعام النظيف الباقي عن موائد الزبائن في قدورهم الخاصة داخل المطبخ، وعند إنهاء عملهم يحملونها إلى عائلاتهم»، مشددا على أن «بعض العاملين يأنفون من ذلك ويكتفون بأخذ الأطعمة الفائضة عن الولائم والدعوات الكبيرة التي تقام للوفود وما شابه». <br/>وترى أم عباس (طباخة في إحدى شركات القطاع العام) أن الشركة «تنفق مبالغ كبيرة لتوفير وجبة غداء للعاملين فيها محتوية على الفاكهة والخضار، لكن بعضهم لم يحضر لتناول وجبته، إما أن يكون مجازا أو موفدا، فيتم جمع هذه الوجبات من قبل العاملات وجلبها لعائلاتهن». <br/>مثلما يشكل الطعام هاجس تلك العائلات، ينال أيضا اهتمام الأشخاص، إذ كلما مر أبو كريم، وهو رجل متوسط العمر يهتم كثيرا بصبغ شاربه وتعديل هندامه، بين محال سوق البصرة القديمة ينادي عليه أصحاب المحال من الشباب «أبو كريم.. وين (أي إلى أين)؟»، فيرد بإشارة إلى إحدى الجهات، وعند الاستفسار من أحدهم قال «إنه يعرف مكان أي مجلس فاتحة أو وليمة كبيرة تقام خاصة في الأحياء الثرية كي يحضرها على مدى الأيام المقامة فيها لتناول الطعام على اعتباره من المعزين أو المدعوين». وأكد بعضهم أن «مجموعة على شاكلة أبو كريم يجرون اتصالات فيما بينهم لتبادل المعلومات عن مواقع الموائد للذهاب معا أو يتوزعون عليها». </p> <p><strong>المصدر : </strong>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.akhbaar.org/wesima_articles/index-20100313-86557.html" class="external" target="_blank">البصرة: عائلات تعتاش على مطابخ المستشفيات وبقايا موائد المطاعم الخاصة والشركات – akhbaar.org موقع الأخبار</a></p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-8558"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/01/31/red-cross-iraq-redoubling-efforts-to-boost-medical-care-for-civilians/#respond" title="Comment on Red Cross: Iraq: redoubling efforts to boost medical care for civilians">No Comments</a></span> Posted 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%b1/" rel="tag">جمعية الصليب والهلال الاحمر</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 360px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p>The ICRC supports the Iraqi health-care system by supplying hospitals, providing training for medical personnel and other health workers, repairing medical infrastructure and in other ways as well. This is an update on these and other ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in December 2009.</p> <p>The report can be downloaded as a PDF by following this link: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/iraq-update-260110/$File/Iraq-update-december-2009-ICRC-eng.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">ICRC activities in December 2009</a></p> <p>If you would like to help the Red Cross’ work in Irak you can do so by going here: </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054909/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList2/Help_the_ICRC?OpenDocument" class="external" target="_blank">Help the victims of war: make a donation to the ICRC today</a></li> </ul> <p>and choosing "Iraq" in step 1. The Red Cross and Red Crescent do desperately needed work throughout Irak and urgently need funds to continue.</p> <p>Please help if you can,</p> <p><em>Nur Hussein Ghazali</em></p> </p></div> <p><strong>Overview:</strong></p> <p>Decades of conflict have had a serious impact on the Iraqi health-care system and on the ability of civilians to obtain appropriate treatment. The ICRC has been supporting the system by delivering regular and emergency supplies to hospitals and, more importantly, by providing training for Iraqi doctors and nurses on war surgery, trauma management, infection control and delivery of first aid. "These seminars are important not only because of the topics covered but also because of what they teach us about sharing information and communicating with patients, something not generally taught in our system today," said Dr Jawad Ramadan, one of the surgeons participating in a three-day seminar on war surgery held in December for 40 doctors from different parts of the country. The seminar was organized by the ICRC in cooperation with Iraq’s Ministry of Health and with the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan regional government. </p> <p>Another 26 doctors and nurses attended a course on emergency-room trauma, and 21 volunteers from the Iraqi Red Crescent Society were given advanced training in proper first-aid delivery. "Courses such as these aim at improving the quality of health care provided for civilians, in particular by enabling medical staff to better cope with emergency situations and mass casualties," said Cedric Clerc, the ICRC delegate in charge of the training programme in Iraq. </p> <p>The ICRC also provides the Iraqi health authorities with support for limb-fitting centres and physical rehabilitation programmes. An annual seminar on providing prostheses, orthoses and wheelchairs for disabled people recently held in Erbil was attended by 57 participants, including managers, technicians, physiotherapists and representatives of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Higher Education. In addition, two prosthetists/orthotists and one physiotherapist from the ICRC-supported limb-fitting centre in Najaf attended a course on adapting wheelchairs to patients’ needs and training patients in their use. </p> <p>The ICRC recently completed a two-year reconstruction project at Al Jumhury General Hospital in Kirkuk, the main hospital in the governorate, which serves around 750,000 people. "This project, one of our biggest worldwide, gives an important boost to medical care in the area," said Laurent Poli, an ICRC water engineer working in Iraq. "We completely refurbished five of the 13 buildings in the hospital complex as well as the water supply and sewage systems." </p> <h3>Visiting detainees </h3> <p>The ICRC regularly visits detention facilities run by various Iraqi ministries and the US authorities, where it monitors conditions of detention and the treatment of detainees. In December, ICRC delegates visited detainees: </p> <p>● held under the authority of the Ministry of Justice in Fort Suse, Sulaimaniya governorate, and in Nasiriya correctional prison, Thi-Qar governorate; </p> <p>● held under the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior in Tasfirat Kirkuk, Kirkuk governorate, in Tasfirat Diwaniya, Diwaniya governorate and in the Counter-Terrorism Directorate, Baghdad governorate; </p> <p>● held under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and various security forces in northern Iraq in five prisons in Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaimaniya governorates. </p> <p>In addition, the ICRC started repairing the sewage lifting station in the Counter-Terrorism Directorate, which will allow safe disposal of sewage from this place of detention and from the women’s section of Russafa prison, located in the same compound. </p> <p>Disabled detainees in Chamchamal prison, Sulaimaniya governorate, were given crutches. </p> <p>Over 4,000 Red Cross messages were exchanged between detainees and their families in December. The ICRC and the Iraqi Red Crescent Society work together to ensure that detainees and their families can stay in touch and exchange family news. </p> <h3>Clarifying what happened to missing persons </h3> <p>Thousands of families still do not know what happened to their loved ones who went missing in the various conflicts that have afflicted Iraq. The ICRC continues to support the efforts of the authorities to determine the whereabouts of thousands of people still unaccounted for as a result of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990-1991 Gulf War. Since 2003, the organization has been training local forensic experts in the identification and management of mortal remains. </p> <p>In December, the Kuwaiti authorities handed over to the Ministry of Human Rights and Al Zubair Centre of Iraq the remains of three unknown Iraqis under the auspices of the ICRC. Once identified, the remains will be handed over to the families, who will finally be able to turn the page on a long and painful chapter of their lives. </p> <h3>Bringing aid to vulnerable people </h3> <p>The ICRC has maintained its support for people facing specidial difficulties earning a living and supporting their families, such as women heading households and people with disabilities, and its efforts to help communities earn income and achieve economic self-sufficiency. In December: </p> <p>● more than 36,000 displaced people (IDPs) living in group settlements in Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Kirkuk governorates were given kitchen sets, thermoses, teapots, kettles, jerrycans, buckets, blankets, hygiene kits and tarpaulins to help them cope with the harsh winter conditions; </p> <p>● more than 2,200 households headed by women were given monthly food parcels and hygiene items in Baghdad, Diyala, Salah Al-Din and Ninawa governorates; </p> <p>● about 94 disabled people in Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaimaniya and Ninawa governorates benefited from projects enabling them to start small businesses and regain economic self-sufficiency. </p> <h3>Providing clean water and sanitation </h3> <p>ICRC water engineers continued to repair and upgrade water, electrical and sanitation facilities all over Iraq. The aim was to enhance access for civilians to clean water and improve the quality of services provided in communities and health-care facilities. In December, ICRC engineers: </p> <p>● built a consultation building in Al Qaim General Hospital, Al Qaim district, which was severely damaged amid fighting in 2005. The new structure enables the hospital to treat up to 1,000 patients per day; </p> <p>● built a primary health-care centre in Nizary, Soran district, serving around 1,500 people from 60 villages in the remote area of Sidakan sub-district, near the Turkish border; </p> <p>● completed construction of a paediatric unit in Sinjar Hospital, Ninawa governorate, serving around 300,000 people; </p> <p>● replaced the pumps and carried out maintenance work on the chemical treatment units in Habaniya water treatment plant, Anbar governorate, to increase the quantity and improve the quality of water delivered to about 30,000 people; </p> <p>● fully repaired Ramadi water treatment plant, the largest such facility in Anbar governorate, serving around 450,000 people; </p> <p>● replaced the chemical treatment units in 14 compact units around Babil governorate providing potable water for 180,000 inhabitants; </p> <p>● repaired the filtration and chlorine systems in Taza water treatment plant, Kirkuk governorate, providing drinking water for 25,000 people; </p> <p>● renovated Tabat Al-Kurd boosting station in Baghdad, serving 4,000 people in the area of Al-Fadhil; </p> <p>● repaired four boreholes in the Jabara area, Diyala governorate, to increase the quantity of water delivered to 7,000 people; </p> <p>● supplied and installed four pumps and conducted repair works in Khawaja Khalil water treatment plant, Ninawa governorate, providing water for 60,000 people. </p> <p>Water was delivered by truck to: </p> <p>● 4,500 displaced people in Sadr City and 340 displaced people in Husseinia and Ma’amil and in Baghdad Teaching Hospital, all in Baghdad governorate; </p> <p>● Qalawa Quarter camp in Sulaimaniya, hosting around 360 displaced people. </p> <h3>Promoting international humanitarian law </h3> <p>Reminding parties to a conflict of their obligation to protect civilians is a fundamental part of the ICRC’s work. The organization also endeavours to promote international humanitarian law within civil society. 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