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23 October 2023

UN Iraq aims for 30 percent less water consumption under UNAMI-UNICEF conservation project

Baghdad - Freshwater scarcity is an ever-growing global concern, casting a shadow over environmental and societal well-being. Iraq, much like its neighbors, grapples with severe water management issues. Rising temperatures exacerbate the shrinking flow of the country’s two major rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrate...
Press release
06 August 2023

UNICEF, funded by Daewoo E&C, to provide early childhood education support to 750 children from disadvantaged areas of Basra

Baghdad, 06 August 2023 – UNICEF has signed a partnership with Daewoo E&C to provide 750 young children with access to early childhood education (ECE) services in disadvantaged areas in Basra Governorate. Co-led by the Basra Directorate of Education, this partnership will ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for every child,…
Press release
01 February 2023

More than 150000 people in Duhok now have access to safe drinking water through a new UNICEF project funded by Germany

Baghdad, 1 February 2023 – UNICEF handed over a water project funded by Germany, to the Governorate of Duhok today. The handover was attended by Dr. Ali Tatar, Governor of Duhok; Mr. Sasan Awani, Minister of Municipalities and Tourism; Mr. Klaus Streicher, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany; Dr. Anna Janke, Country Director of the…
Report
24 October 2022

Evaluation of the Humanitarian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Response of UNICEF in Iraq

Overview of the Humanitarian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Response of UNICEF in Iraq (2016-2021). In 2016, an estimated 6.6 million people in Iraq were in need of WASH support of which approximately 1.8 million were IDPs, 0.4 million were returnees, and 0.2 million were refugees. In 2021, 1.6 million people were still in need of WASH facilities, with the majority of them, 1.1 million, being returnees, while 0.3 million were IDPs and the r...
Press release
29 August 2021

Running Dry: water scarcity threatens lives and development in Iraq

Baghdad, 29 August 2021- Nearly 3 out of 5 children in Iraq have no access to safely managed water services and less than half of all schools in the country have access to basic water risking children’s health, nutrition, cognitive development, and future livelihoods. The MENA region is reported to be the most water-scarce region in the world.…
Blog post
03 February 2021

Visit to Qahtania in Sinjar, Ninewa

It was still dark outside, and my smartphone was telling me that the temperature was one degree but feels like -3 degree Celsius. My UNICEF colleagues and I were getting ready to go to the Qahtania sub district in Sinjar, which was home to around 7,000 families before the town’s Yezidi community was forced out by ...
Press release
27 September 2018

USAID contributes $ 750,000 to UNICEF to help provide clean water to people in Basra

Baghdad, 27 September 2018 – the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contributed $750,000 USD to assist vulnerable Iraqis in Basra in getting access to clean water. This contribution will be used to install five pumps, rehabilitate an existing water treatment plant, and maintain water tr...