Like many villages in the Sinjar region, residents of Bahrava village have been struggling to rebuild their lives after nearly six years of displacement and a lack of government support.
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Nadia’s Initiative built Yazidi survivors of ISIS captivity a new home and provided them with household items so they can live in dignity and safety.
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Nadia’s Initiative has built a new house in Borek Complex, Sinjar for a Yazidi family of 9. The family had been living without proper shelter for the past six years.
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Nadia’s Initiative distributed food and holiday items to low-income families in Sinjar for the celebration of the Yazidi New Year (Çenja Sarè Salè).
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Nadia's Initiative is continuing its COVID-19 Emergency Response work in Sinjar, Iraq by delivering food and supply packages to families most vulnerable in the region. Many thanks to the police departments in Sinjar and Sinuni for their support.
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Nadia's Initiative is mobilizing in Sinjar to respond swiftly and thoroughly to COVID-19 by disinfecting towns and villages, distributing personal protective equipment for primary health clinics and hospitals, and distributing emergency packages that include food and sanitation products to ensure families survive lockdown.
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Ensuring access to electricity is a key recovery priority for families living in or seeking to return to Sinjar. That’s why USAID, in partnership with Nadia’s Initiative, is working with the Sinjar Electricity Department to install 17 transformers in six locations in Sinjar.
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Nadia’s Initiative rehabilitated 32 farming households throughout the Sinjar region – a project that began in September 2019. Farming has been a main source of income for Yazidis for generations, but when ISIS attacked the region in 2014, they intentionally burned and destroyed farms to ensure Yazidis would never return.
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Developing and rehabilitating public spaces is key to bringing communities together. Public spaces create the opportunity to strengthen social bonds, build a sense of communal identity, and play a vital role in rebuilding and improving quality of life.
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Nadia’s Initiative is proud to partner with USAID and Youth Bridge Organization to rehabilitate and equip Al-Sha’kow Primary School in Sinjar to ensure that children are afforded the right to education and have the opportunity to pursue their dreams.
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Nadia Murad and the Nadia’s Initiative team are excited to announce the official opening of the new Operating Theater and Maternity Ward in the existing Sinjar Hospital. As part of Nadia’s Initiative’s plans to provide emergency medical services to returnees and residents of the Sinjar region, the Operating Theater officially opened on February 4th. Access…
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Nadia’s Initiative has built a new primary school in Bahrava village, Sinjar. The previous school in Bahrava village was built with mud walls that were destroyed during the 2014 ISIS attacks.
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Nadia’s Initiative recently rehabilitated Al Qurtaba Primary School in Dogri Complex, Sinjar. Access to quality education is a major concern for Yazidi returnees to Sinjar. This is why we work to create a positive learning environment that enables students in the region to thrive.
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“ISIS destroyed our farms and stole all our agricultural and household possessions. Despite this, we did not give up and decided to live on our destroyed farms without having any basic necessities.After a period of struggling, we received support from Nadia’s Initiative. The Initiative brought life back to the region.”
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The UAE has announced a grant of AED 9.2 million (USD 2.5 million) to Nadia Murad's organization, Nadia’s Initiative, to develop comprehensive potable water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in Sinjar, Iraq.
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Nadia's Initiative recently completed rebuilding Tal Qasab Primary School, thanks to support from the Government of Flanders and implementing partner Sunrise NGO.
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November 18th - 22nd is International Education Week! Education is one of our organization's main focus areas, and we have been rehabilitating / building multiple schools in the Sinjar region.
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In September 2019, Nadia’s Initiative - with implementing partner Dorcas Aid International - began the official implementation of our Farming and Livelihoods project made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Nadia’s Initiative, along with implementing partner La Chaîne de l'Espoir (CDE), has officially begun building an Operating Theater in the existing Sinjar Primary Health Care Center.
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In partnership with Nadia's Initiative, USAID is working with local NGO Youth Bridge Organization to rehabilitate the Wardiya Primary School so it can reopen its doors to Sinjar’s students.
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