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On World Water Day, the Directorate of Water and UNICEF Call for Immediate Action to Protect Iraq’s Water Resources and Ensure a Safe Future for Children
Baghdad, March 23, 2025 – The General Directorate of Water and UNICEF call for the protection of Iraq's water resources and reaffirm their joint commitment to address the escalating water crisis and ensure access to water for every child and family. "As we face increasing water scarcity, it is our responsibility t...
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3.5 million people benefit from wastewater treatment plants
Baghdad, Iraq – 9 December 2023 – Today, the Government of Iraq, UNICEF and the German delegation inaugurated eight wastewater treatment plants at the Medical City in Baghdad. The eight plants of the largest medical complex in Iraq will benefit more than 3.5 million people in Baghdad. Dr. Maximilian Rasch, Chargé d’Affaires of the German Embassy…
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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...
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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,…
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Abu Rasen village's children and families now have access to safe water
Ninewa, Iraq, 30 March 2023 – When children do not have access to clean water, it really affects their health, nutrition, education, and many other aspects of their lives. UNICEF is assisting seven villages and remote areas in Ninewa Governorate, North-West Iraq, to ensure access to drinking water. As part of its ...
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The European Union and UNICEF, in collaboration with Eni, launch a project to improve the water quality for 850,000 people in Basra
BASRA, 07 February 2022. – The European Union (EU) and UNICEF, in collaboration with Eni, launched a project today in partnership with the Basra Governorate, aiming to improve the water quality for 850,000 people in Basra City, including over 160,000 children as direct beneficiaries. The launch ceremony was attended by the Governor of Basra, H.E.…
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UNICEF calls for urgent action to address water scarcity and its impact on children and young people’s lives in Iraq ahead of COP26
BAGHDAD, 01 November 2021 – Children and young people in Iraq are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change especially water scarcity, threatening their health, education, and protection, and exposing them to deadly diseases. Ahead of COP26, UNICEF calls for urgent action to address water scarcity and its impact on children’s and young…
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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.…
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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...