North Iraq
Iraq Life Center
What We Provide:
World Compassion Fellowship (WCF) has set up a permanent Life Center with a primary care Medical Clinic, English and Computer classes. In the past, WCF organized Mobile Medical Clinics throughout this area. In 2023 we sent an English and Computer teaching team to conduct intensive classes in an Internally Displaced Camp (IDP) camp as well as to do curriculum training for our local teachers.
- Local staff salaries to provide primary medical and dental care services
- Subsidies for medication, specialist referrals, laboratory, ultrasound, and other services
- Mobile Medical Clinics to poorer rural areas
- Emergency hospital assistance
- English and Computer teaching classes and teacher stipends
Our Mission
The WCF Life Center is a community medical center that provides affordable and subsidized primary medical care to war refugees and marginalized peoples in partnership with local ministries that share the same heart and mission.
Medical Services
Primary medical care – such as infectious disease treatment and chronic illness management
Specialized care and referrals: women's health issues, pediatrics, perinatal care
Subsidized medication, laboratory, x-rays, and other services
Health care seminars and promotion for the community
Our Clinics are all staffed with local professionals - a Family Doctor, Nurses, and other available specialists
The Background
Iraq has faced the effects of multiple civil wars since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 including the terrible ISIS-led genocide (2014-2017) as well as the nearby Syrian Civil War. Millions of people either fled as refugees from Syria or were internally displaced such as the Yazidis, most of whom ended up in Northern Iraq where there are 15 refugee camps. Last year, we did medical clinics in various camps and locations. We met with several leaders that hosted our teams and shared how much these clinics helped the communities and have eagerly invited us to return. Our medical team was greatly encouraged by this and we see the establishment of our first Life Center here to be the beginning of a long term commitment to the health and wellness of the most underserved communities here.
WCF History In The Region
World Compassion Fellowship has treated more than 31,000 patients in more than 18 countries in our Mobile Medical Clinics since 2007. The Clinics provide primary care, treatment for infectious diseases such as malaria, treatment for acute and chronic conditions, and other needed medical services and health promotion events. WCF has organized Mobile Medical Clinics in the Middle East since its inception in 2007.
WCF has launched multiple Life Centers throughout the Middle East and we have treated tens of thousands of patients since 2018.