In partnership with USAID, Nadia’s Initiative is working to put educational tools into the hands of Sinjar’s students in the villages of Hatimia, Al Qurtaba, and Tel Qasab by providing desks, backpacks, and schools supplies.
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Nadia’s Initiative is committed to investing in the youth of Sinjar by expanding educational opportunities and rehabilitating schools like Nisyria Primary School.
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Nadia's Initiative is working to empower women like Barfi by providing them with the training and resources to build independent small businesses. As part of NI’s ongoing small business project, Barfi established a shop selling cellphones and accessories.
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“Now everything is changed. I have a job and it will be a source of income for my family. This project has given me great hope. I personally consider this to be one of the most successful projects to support women in the area and provide them with income.”
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With funding and support from USAID ICRI Ta’afi, Nadia’s Initiative set out to supply Sinjar’s Education Directorate with essential equipment.
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Nadia’s Initiative is investing in the future of Sinjar with the rehabilitation and furnishing of Al Taamim High School in Khanasor village.
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“I expect that this project will be a turning point in our life,” says Rana. “It will secure our source of livelihood, and there is the additional possibility of expanding the project in the future.”
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Nadia’s Initiative is thrilled to announce that we have launched the rehabilitation and furnishing of Al Hateen Primary School in Dugure village.
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Nadia’s Initiative is striving to provide Yazidi youth returning from genocide and displacement with quality, secondary education. Our new project - rehabilitating and furnishing Zorava High School - is well underway, and will serve hundreds of students when it is safe to reopen.
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Nadia’s Initiative set out to improve the livelihoods conditions of female farmers through a program that gives direct and tangible aid to beneficiaries like Arno. After enrolling in the program, Arno received dairy cows and training on how to feed, breed, and care for the animals.
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Last month, Nadia’s Initiative partnered with UNODC, UN Women, and the German Mission to the UN to convene women human rights defenders who tirelessly work to prevent and respond to sexual violence and human trafficking.
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Nadia’s Initiative’s if rehabilitating it’s first Primary Health Center in Tel Azeer village, South Sinjar. The project will focus on restoring the center’s maternity ward in order to keep mothers and newborns healthy.
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We are proud to announce that Nadia’s Initiative has partnered with Sunrise NGO to rehabilitate Al Qahtaniya Primary School in Tel Azeer village.
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Nadia’s Initiative is working with USAID ICRI Ta'afi to remove the rubble from two locations in the center of Sinjar city.
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Last week, Nadia’s Initiative officially launched our flagship project - the construction of a new Sinjar Hospital - in partnership with the French Government’s Crisis and Support Centre and French NGO La Chaîne de l'espoir.
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Nadia’s Initiative is working to ensure that households, farms, hospitals, and schools in Sinjar have access to clean water.
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Nadia Murad spoke virtually at a U.N. meeting Monday, November 30th, titled “Locked Down and Locked-In: Standing Against Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” co-hosted by UNODC, UN Women, and the German Mission to the UN.
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“We now have the legal precedent to take conflict-related sexual violence seriously and to prosecute it.” Nadia Murad discusses the future of aid in the New Humanitarian.
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Nadia’s Initiative is proud to announce that, with funding from ALIPH Foundation, we are restoring Sheikh Mand Temple in Gedala village, Sinjar.
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“I learned something from this project: that I need to depend on myself to help my family,” says Lavin. “I will work hard so I can make my small restaurant bigger and convince my community that the survivors can start a new life for themselves. A woman has the right to do anything in her community.”
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