Iraq
Iraq Humanitarian Relief
What We Provide:
World Compassion Fellowship (WCF) sponsors Humanitarian Relief such as Food and Hygiene Care Kits, and Emergency Medical Care for the most vulnerable families (mainly Yazidi and Iraqi Displaced Persons, Syrian Refugees and poorer local Iraqis)
- Food and Hygiene Care Kits
- Emergency Medical Care
Our Mission
WCF provides humanitarian relief such as food assistance, nutrition projects, water projects and emergency medical care for impoverished families.
The Background
Iraq has faced the lingering effects of multiple civil wars since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 including the terrible ISIS-led genocide (2014-2017). Millions of people either fled as refugees or were internally displaced, most of whom ended up in Northern Iraq. Our ministry friends in Northern Iraq have ongoing humanitarian relationships with Refugee/Internall Displaced Person (IDP) camps in the region that house hundreds of thousands of refugees. Most of these are Yazidi IDP camps where they fled the ISIS genocide in Sinjar. Yazidis were being systematically targeted by ISIS for slaughter and their girls taken as sex slaves. The conditions in the camps were extremely difficult to begin with, where adequate food and toiletry supplies were already scarce prior to the lockdowns. Now, most of those that had daily wage jobs have lost those jobs and the families in the region are becoming increasingly desperate.
WCF has been serving Iraqi based refugees and IDPs in the region such as sending mobile Medical Teams and providing food and hygiene kits to families during the COVID-19 crisis.