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HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS

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The AMAR International Charitable Organization

The AMAR International Charitable Foundation was set up to provide emergency aid for refugees in southern Iran and the Iraqi marshlands in response to the acute humanitarian crisis after the 1991 Gulf War. Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne (MEP) is Chairman of the AMAR International Charitable Foundation. The AMAR Appeal continues to provide for the refugee camps in Iran and is working in southern Iraq to improve the health, education, and living conditions of the internally displaced and returning refugees. AMAR Appeal now operates eight health clinics in the Iraqi marshlands.

United States Agency for International Development

USAID led the first post-war scientific expedition to the marshlands in June 2003 and conducted a second expanded expedition in February 2004. To date, approximately four million U.S. dollars have been committed to its program to assist the Marsh Dwellers and the Iraqi Marshlands, through its contractor, Development Alternatives International (DAI). The program seeks to improve the economic and social welfare of marsh dwellers through integration of economic, social, and environmental issues.

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

IOM, under the umbrella of the United Nations, is coordinating the efforts of non-governmental organizations and others in registering internally-displaced persons, managing refugee camps, distributing non-food items, and eventually helping people to return to their homes in the south and centre of the country.

World Heath Organization in Iraq (WHO)

The focus of the World Health Organization in Iraq is on a program to jump-start the health system. This involves numerous elements, including training programs, disease surveillance, medicine distribution, and finding solutions to security problems at hospitals, warehouses and other health facilities. WHO has been working with officials and doctors in the health authority to revive the surveillance system in individual cities, governorates and ultimately across the country.

People in Need Foundation

People in Need Foundation, a humanitarian organization based in Czechoslovakia, has assisted marsh dwellers through reconstruction of educational and health facilities. Since April 2003, PINF has rehabilitated over 11 primary and secondary schools, constructed facilities at the University of Basrah, rehabilitated water treatment units providing potable water to 20,000 people, and rehabilitated and re-equipped over 33 public health centers. PINF has also worked to train and support local non-governmental organizations.

Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps, headquartered in the United States and Scotland, is an international family of humanitarian agencies. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided over $710 million in assistance to people in 76 nations. In the Iraqi marshlands, Mercy Corps has provided health and educational and humanitarian support to marsh dwellers and others within the Iraq, including the Iraqi Marshlands.

International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, IMC is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. IMC is currently conducting a multi-sectoral relief program throughout Iraq that includes primary health services, basic medical supplies and drugs, emergency feeding programs for the most vulnerable, water and sanitation activities, and food distribution. They have a large team working in Naseriyah that serves the Marsh Dweller community

Dr. Suzie Alwash
Senior Project Advisor
e-mail: suzie@alwash.net

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