News 2019-05-02
Mr. Hoshang and Mr. Choi discussed how to maximize the benefits of upcoming support from the Government of Korea, deciding on the best course of action to avoid technical issues and deliver the assistance to the most number of beneficiaries as possible. More details..
News 2019-04-28
he Kurdistan Region currently hosts more than 1.5 million of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and refugees, numbering (1,124,423 IDPs) and 97 percent of Syrian refugees numbering (273,543 persons) More details..
As highlighted, the displacement continued throughout the 2019 and still people are compelled to leave their areas for security, livelihood, and economic reasons and come to the Kurdistan, in March 2019, as many as 946 IDPs and refugees entered the Kurdistan Region. Nearly 932 of them were IDPs and 14 were Syrian refugees. Additionally, up to 941 internally displaced persons and Syrian refugees have left the Kurdistan Region in March 2019; either returning to their places of origin in the liberated areas or migrated to Europe and other countries legally and through other means. More details..
News 2019-04-22
The workshop aimed to prepare airports personnel to handle the logistical situations in post-disasters. The five-day workshop provided training to 30 staff from Erbil and Slemani International airports and employees from relevant government agencies. The attendees jointly identified the areas that could potentially serve as key locations for disaster logistics operations in the two airports, the workshop also evaluated the airports’ capacities for processing high volumes of passengers, cargos and warehousing relief supplies. More details..
News 2019-04-10
This document, presents a detailed breakdown of a total number of 167 priority humanitarian Small Scale Projects (SMPs) for 2019. The focus is therefore on small-scale projects with the cost per project ranging from USD 28,000 to 1.2 million. The information in this document is presented in tables by governorate and sector and includes project type, location, number of beneficiaries, and costing estimation. More details..
News 2019-03-28
With the formation of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) 25 years ago, the Kurdistan Region was transformed from a source of displaced people to a refuge for the displaced. More details..
News 2019-03-27
The crisis has pushed to the limits the capacity of the KRI education system, which was already short of schools and teachers and had overcrowded classrooms. Education facilities are overstretched, conducting triple and quadruple shifts with fewer hours of instruction for children in all shifts. It More details..
News 2019-03-19
Currently the KRG is the host of 249,892 Syrian, 9,129 Turkish, 13,123 Iranian, and 756 Palestinian refugees. Contrary to popular perception, the majority of IDPs and refugees live with the host communities in the Region, while only 37 percent living in the 38 camps. 50 percent of the total displaced population live in Erbil, 31 percent in Duhok, and 19 percent in Slemani. More details..
News 2019-03-10
The purpose of the workshop was to introduce the basics of coordination-related issues during the times of crisis and disasters among the different mandated ministries and departments of the Kurdistan Regional Government. The workshop was the continuation of a long term programme that has been developed jointly between JCC and THW for the joint technical team formed by the JCC from the representatives of the ministries and departments. More details..
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