Hope for Iraq

17/08/2014

************UPDATE from IRAQ**********

Hello everyone,

We'd like to thank you all for the contributions that you have made so far towards our Mosul Campaign. The money you have entrusted us with is being put to good use and it's making a real difference.

The campaign initially started with the aim of helping out the displaced within two camps just outside of Erbil, but due to the recent developments it has been too dangerous to enter those camps. Many people have had to relocate elsewhere around the country.

Our colleagues in Iraq with the help of a local organisation named Al-Rajaa charity home in Ainkawa (Erbil) have located and helped 320 families (1024 individuals, many of whom are children). These displaced families have been without food for 10 days, they have all been displaced from Mosul and left with nothing apart from some clothes and limited pocket money. They are currently taking shelter in a local building (given to them by a local market owner), crammed together in the 3 top empty floors. There are 3-5 families living together in each room.

We have managed to buy the following for them, along with some gas cookers donated by locals so that they can cook the food.
These items have been chosen because they are staple foods which can be stored for long periods of time without refrigeration.
-800Kg of rice
-240litres of cooking oil
-350kg of sugar
-100kg of tomato paste
-120 bags of loose tea
-360kg of Burghul
Images attached are of the pick up truck filled up with the supplies, before they were transported, and a receipt for the materials.

Please keep the donations coming, anything you can spare will make a massive difference to the 1000s that are displaced in Northern Iraq. There are still many people that in dire need of help.
https://www.justgiving.com/MosulCampaign

Thank you all for your support. We really appreciate it, without you this would not have been possible.

05/08/2014

Dear friends,

Thank you for your support and generosity thus far. We are slowly receiving news from those on the ground who are working in the camps, and much more needs to be done, particularly in light of the events over the last few days. Please continue donating and spreading the word.

https://www.justgiving.com/MosulCampaign

31/07/2014

We would like to thank all those that have supported us on our Mosul Campaign recently, your donations have made it safely into Iraq, and the money raised will be making a huge difference to those people currently living in the camps. We have managed to raise over £1500 so far. We are very grateful for your help.

Raghda is currently preparing the supplies and will be visiting the camps over the weekend, along with our colleagues in Iraq. We will post updates of her visits in due course.

Any more support that can be given will be deeply appreciated. Please visit our donations page to help out with any amount you can, no amount is too small when it comes to helping out those in need.

https://www.justgiving.com/hopeforiraq

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25/07/2014

MOSUL EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN
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Dear friends,

Considering the latest crisis in Mosul and the fact that no foreign humanitarian organisations have been providing aid for the victims of the crisis, we have decided to start a Mosul Emergency Campaign. As you might know, due to the barbaric occupation of Mosul and the governmental airstrikes, the citizens are being displaced, since 10th of June. The rich managed to enter Kurdistan but the poor are struggling to survive and settled in improper camps outside Erbil borders- basically in the desert. There are two camps: Kelek or Al-Khazir which has approximately 5-8 thousands people who were displaced from Mosul and Tel-a’far; and Bahrlka which has around 4 thousands people from Tel-a’far. The first camp has tents whilst the people in the second are living in the open desert. Water is not drinkable, few new-born babies had diarrhoea and died as a result. The weather is extremely hot around 45C, their water is limited, the first camp has some electricity but the second has none. Some pregnant women gave birth on their way to the camp, whilst they were fleeing Mosul. There are no medications at all, people with chronic diseases are not taking their medications. They fled without taking anything with them. Imagine yourself as one of them. This is a humanity call to help our brothers and sisters. No one should live like this. We are collecting donations now. Raghda, the founder, will be going herself to Erbil next Monday to arrange the purchase and delivery of the humanitarian aid along with our collaborators. We will be buying medications, first aid kits, children milk, sterile water, hygiene products (as there is very limited access to toilets), and possibly water coolers (if our donors are generous enough). We also were donated clothes which we’re shipping to the camps. Please help by donating and spread the word to your friends. A justgiving page will be launched soon. The campaign updates will be posted on our page (FB.com/HopeForIraq). Bank details; Name: Hope for Iraq; Sortcode: 60-30-06; Account number: 26766477. If you’d like to donate in cash, please contact Raghda on 07720922592 (only until Sunday 27th) or my colleagues: Ameer on 07926650750, Mehdi on 07825301333, and Aysha on 07912466468. Raghda will be in London on Saturday if you’d like to meet her to donate or just ask further questions. Thank you for your generosity.

Hope for Iraq is a UK-based charity founded in August 2012 by a group of current university students and recent graduates. We are not a political, ethnic, or religious group. Our aim is to reach out to as many Iraqis in need as possible.

04/09/2013

A message from a little Iraqi girl saying : " Why do terrorists kill children? We're beautiful, we're beautiful. Why do they kill us? Here's my tears "

21/11/2012

A child, a victim of violence, one of many children whose childhood was taken away from them. Give them their childhood back, give HER her childhood back. Spread the word about us so we can reach out to as many people in need as possible. Make a change. Hope for Iraq

6) Zainab:
Zainab is a widow with 5 orphans; one of her sons (born 1995) was killed during the sectarian bloodshed in 2007 in Diyala, and as a result they were displaced. Her husband had recently passed away. She lives illegally in an abandoned building (what’s left of it). Her financial support comes from her dead husband’s monthly wages; however, she tends to receive it once every 3 months which leaves her to struggle.

18/11/2012

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17/11/2012

Aid for Eid project was our first project to start with. Few generous donors had donated what worked out to be $2,660. This money was handed to people in need by few of our charity’s committee who flew to Iraq to do so. The donations were split between 32 families; each family was given between $50 and $100, depending on their need. The 32 families were from Baghdad, Baaquba city (Diyala province) and Al-Saadiya village (Diyala province). This was done between the 14th and 17th of August 2012.

The smiles on the women faces were priceless, as they ran to shops to buy their children some new clothes for Eid :)

Aid for Eid project was our first project to start with. Few generous donors had donated what worked out to be $2,660. This money was handed to people in need by few of our charity’s committee who flew to Iraq to do so. The donations were split between 32 families; each family was given between $50 and $100, depending on their need. The 32 families were from Baghdad, Baaquba city (Diyala province) and Al-Saadiya village (Diyala province). This was done between the 14th and 17th of August 2012. The smiles on the women faces were priceless, as they ran to shops to buy their children some new clothes for Eid :)

17/11/2012

Some people didn’t allow us to take pictures of them, some others asked for their personal stories not to be shared with the public. The following cases belong to them:

18-29) 12 women from Al-Saadiya village, Diyala, asked us not to share their personal stories. 8 of these women are widows; the other 4 women are married to men who have been ‘missing’. These 12 women have between 3 and 7 children each and struggle to support them.

30) Shatha:
Shatha is a widow who has 6 children (3 of them were born with deformities). She lives in Baaquba city, Diyala. Her husband was (unarmed civilian) killed by an American soldier in 2004. She lives in a small, rented house which she struggles to pay its rent. She has no one to support her, except through occasional donations by neighbours and distant relatives.

31) Salah:
Salah is a married man, with 4 children to support. He lives in Baaquba city, Diyala. He used to work as a builder. Recently, he had an accident and broke his back. He hasn’t and can’t work for while. He, with his family, lives in a rented house, in which he is struggling to pay its rent.

32) Unnamed (the woman asked for her name not to be disclosed):
She lives in Baghdad. She suffers from stomach cancer (advanced stage). She has 3 daughters under the age of 15. Her husband left her (and her daughters), moved to another province and married another woman when he knew she had cancer. He doesn’t visit them, check on them or support them financially. None of her family or cousins has the financial ability to support her and her daughters, except one of her sisters whose financial ability is limited. Her neighbours help her with the rent of the house. She has been looking to marry her daughters before she dies so that they have somewhere to go.

17/11/2012

9) Muhammed:
Muhammed is 24 years old. He lost his eye sight when he was hit by the fragmentations caused by an explosion. His family’s financial state is very weak. His father is disabled and unable to work. His brother works in a restaurant and he’s responsible for his family.

17/11/2012

Aid for Eid project was our first project to start with. Few generous donors had donated what worked out to be $2,660. This money was handed to people in need by few of our charity’s committee who flew to Iraq to do so. The donations were split between 32 families; each family was given between $50 and $100, depending on their need. The 32 families were from Baghdad, Baaquba city (Diyala province) and Al-Saadiya village (Diyala province). This was done between the 14th and 17th of August 2012. The smiles on the women faces were priceless, as they ran to shops to buy their children some new clothes for Eid :)

17/11/2012

1) Baydaa’ & Gharnoka:
Gharnoka is a widow; her husband was killed in an explosion and was left with 2 orphans to support. She lives with her brother whose wife is Baydaa’. The brother has 3 children of his own to support in additions to his sister’s orphans; he struggles to support all of them. They struggle to pay the rent of this illegal house they live in.

Aid for Eid project was our first project to start with. Few generous donors had donated what worked out to be $2,660. This money was handed to people in need by few of our charity’s committee who flew to Iraq to do so. The donations were split between 32 families; each family was given between $50 and $100, depending on their need. The 32 families were from Baghdad, Baaquba city (Diyala province) and Al-Saadiya village (Diyala province). This was done between the 14th and 17th of August 2012. The smiles on the women faces were priceless, as they ran to shops to buy their children some new clothes for Eid :)