The information presented in this report is undertaken by the Government of Iraq (Gol) and International Organizations working in Iraq; figures are variable, may change according to the situation.
Highlights
• Since the beginning of the ISF liberation operations in the South of Ninawa areas on 25 March, 2016, the Iraqi Red Cresent Society has provided reief items to 363 displaced families (2, 178 individuals) in Makhmour District.
• On 30th March 2016, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) organized a ceremony to mark the delivery of a new IDP shelter site in Kerbala expected to accommodate more than 400 vulnerable IDP families, and to launch two projects funded by the Government of Japan. The new site was planned and equipped with durable prefabricated shelter units, basic infrastructure and public facilities. In few weeks another four shelter sites implemented by ONHabitat will be concluded to host more than 10,000 IDPs in Baghdad, Duhok and Missan, the programme announced. UN-Habitat, aiming to support empowerment of communities in the newly liberated areas in Iraq through self-repair and self-maintenance of housing and basic community infrastructure damaged by crisis.
• The Government of Japan is providing a total of USD 4 million to IOM Iraq to support internally displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees and to fund two projects over 12 months. Some USD 3.5 million will be used to help internally displaced people through the 10M project: Integrated Emergency Response and Community Revitalization Plan for IDPs, Returnees and Host Communities across Iraq. Another USD 500,000 will be used to help vulnerable Syrian refugee and host community households in Iraq.
• On 24th March, 2016 the UNFPA has launched Government of Japan supported reproductive health project at AI-Abbasiya camp in Salah Al-Din Governorate. The clinic is run by the (UIMS) and offers the full package of RH services. The clinic is part of a larger Japan- funded UNFPA project which includes the establishment and support of22 RH clinics and delivery rooms in 2016 in Al-Anbar, Diyala, Salah Al-Din, Ninevah, Dohuk, and Erbil.
• On 31st March, 2016 the Kingdom of the Netherlands has given US$5.69 million (€5 million) to UNDP's Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilization (FFIS). Established in June 2015, FFIS is working in nine newly liberated areas in Anbar, Salah al-Din, Ninewah and Diyala Governorates.
• UK Government announces $2 million to help clear IEDs in areas liberated from Daesh in Iraq.
This funding will further build on the UK's gift of 1,000 lED detectors and specialist counter-lED training to Iraqi Security Forces and Peshmerga Forces in Iraq.
• The Joint Crisis Coordination Center(JCC) anounced that following the I st April 2016 Daesh car bomb in Makhmour; the management of Peshmerga forces I Makhmour decided to relocate the IDPs from Makhmour to Dibaga for their security.