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Yusra Transforms Her Work Through the Safe Return Project

After participating in the Safe Return project, Yusra received a grant that allowed her to expand her tailoring business. Now, she can provide for her...

Saada and Her Family Find Joy Through Her New Business Venture

Saada laughs as she remembers the moment she received her tailoring machines in her new workshop through the Safe Return Project, an Australian Aid...

Iman in her tailoring atelier, Othman Khamis Hilal © World Vision 2024.

Threads of Empowerment Through a Women Led Tailoring Atelier

In Rummaneh, a conservative area district of Anbar, 248 kilometers from the capital of Baghdad, Iman, a 45-year-old divorcée and mother of one, opened an...

Basma looking through the window, Eylin Talal Najeeb © World Vision 2024.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Just believe me

For many Iraqi women, blurry recollections of childhood days are warm places they retreat to amid the darkness they experience later in life. Basma’s*...

Suad utilizes specially designed sanitary facilities to accommodate her needs. Mohamd Ahmed Ali © World Vision Iraq 2024.

Suad is more self-reliant now

Suad enjoys greater privacy and independence after being supported with rehabilitation of accessible WASH facilities within her reach.

On the beginning of each morning, Muhammad operates the filtration system. Ziryan Kameran © World Vision Iraq 2024.

Disability WASH Entrepreneurship

Purposeful living: Muhammad’s story of empowerment and community impact

At thirty-four, Muhammad embodies resilience and empowerment. Living with paralysis of the lower limbs, Muhammad navigates his daily life using a...

Najat talking to one of the project's daily customers. Ziryan Kameran © World Vision Iraq 2024.

Najat feels empowerment through water purification project

In the heart of Tooz district's Kumari neighborhood, Najat is on a mission to address a critical need in his community: access to clean and affordable...

Rayan uses her new handwashing facilties

Rayan's new path: empowering dreams through an accessible home

World Vision Iraq supports nine year old Rayan with access to washing facilities within her home.

A depiction of Amal, Shayan Nuradeen © World Vision 2024.

Amal’s Journey of Healing: Breathing to Find Comfort After Great Loss

After losing her son, Amal found comfort and resilience through breathing exercises and support from a community project, helping her family heal and...

Disaster Risk Reduction

Enhancing Communities' Ability to Adapt and Face Shocks, Crises, and Climatic Changes in Hatra, Ninewa

In recent years, the people of Hatra have been severely impacted by climate change, with the region facing persistent droughts. Each year, fires break out...

An artwork that depicts Fartma: Shayan Nuradeen, © World Vision 2024.

In the End, Hope Prevails

This is the story of twenty-one-year-old Fatma—a tale of strength, endurance, passion, and hope prevailing. Fatma is currently preparing for her final year...

Alaa is now more confident, self-reliant and is able to support her family

Alaa is now more confident, self-reliant and is able to support her family after her participation in the project of Supporting a Resilient Economic...

Samia* and Tabarak in the school. Ahmed Abid Lateef © World Vision 2024.

Little Tabarak’s struggle at school to access her classroom

A Story of Need: We believe it is critical to have accessible facilities to help children like Tabarak who are living with disabilities enjoy every moment...

Suha* helping Harith with washing his hand and face. Dastan Sabah © World Vision 2024.

Little Harith’s longing for inclusion and the ability to express

A Story of Need: Harith along with his eldest sister suffer from a condition in the brain that makes them suffer from poor sight, the inability to talk...

Naima with her three children who live with disabilities. Photo credit: Dastan Sabah & Ziryan Kamaran Sideq © World Vision 2024.

Naima’s need for financial support to sustain a life for her children

Story of Need: Naima, 56, is the mother of four children and lives in the heart of Tooz. Three of Naima’s children are suffering from disabilities and need...

Zanyar with his daughter. Photo credit: Dastan Sabah & Ziryan Kamaran Sideq © World Vision 2024.

Zanyar’s quest for independence

A Story of Need: Zanyar, (36), a father of one little child, became paralysed in his lower extremities ten years ago when he was attending to the business...

Empowering the People of Hatra, Ninewa, to Become Climate Resilient

In Hatra, Ninewa, dwellers of the villages suffered immensely due to the conflict of 2014 which led many families to leave their homes and lands and live...

Sakvan, The City's Tailor

As a consequence to the conflict in 2014, business owners in Ninewa have been struggling to run, improve, and expand their businesses due to a lack of...

Fawaz learns about modern farming methods in Hatra, Ninewa

In Hatra, Ninewa, most of the dwellers are dependent on agriculture and livestock to make a living. But in Hatra it has not been raining for several years...

Salim. Shayan Nuradeen © World Vision 2024.

Salim is Excited about School and Dreams for the Future

World Vision Iraq with funding from Japan Platform initiated the catch-up classes in 2022. Throughout these years, we have helped 720 children like Salim...

Duaa in her classroom. Shayan Nuradeen © World Vision 2024.

Duaa improves her spelling through Catch-Up classes

Duaa participates for six months in the catch-up classes that World Vision Iraq with funding from Japan Platform implements in West Mosul. Through these...

Buthaina writes on the board. Shayan Nuradeen. © World Vision 2024.

Buthaina Gains Confidence Writing on the Board

Buthaina these days proudly stands by the board to write. It is something she might have been fearful of doing in the past because she couldn’t recognise...

Rima* in a moment of reflection. Shayan Nuradeen. © World Vision 2024.

On the Road of Empowerment

When Rima*, 17, failed the first year of secondary school, it was the third time she had failed to pass exams that would enable her to progress to the next...

Ruwaida tailoring at her atelier within her apartment: Amna Falih, © World Vision 2024.

Ruwaida’s Dream Realized: From Fleeting Thought to Master Tailor

As a young child, Ruwaida often dreamed of working on her mother's sewing machine. Over the years, she has faced many challenges, but her mastery of...