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Iraq Refugee Crisis
Five years after war, refugee crisis looms large for Iraq
As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the Coalition invasion of Iraq, World Vision is calling on the international community to address the challenge of 2 million Iraqi refugees who have fled the violence in their country. Another 2.2 million are estimated to be displaced within Iraq.
In 2008, chronic under-funding of United Nations' appeals threatens to force a severe curtailment in the level of services currently offered to refugees by the humanitarian community. Urgent action is needed to ensure adequate education, health care, psychosocial support and basic supplies reach families sheltering in Jordan, Syria and other neighboring countries.
“The scale of the crisis facing the people of Iraq, inside and outside its borders, is so great that its neighbors simply do not have the necessary resources to cope,” said World Vision's advocacy director for the Middle East, Sharon Payt.
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In His Own Words: Watch a video of an interview with 9-year-old Fawaz, and Iraqi refugee.
Photo Gallery
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Miriam, an Iraqi refugee, struggles to provide for her four children in Jordan. They fled Iraq after her husband was murdered.
photo by Ashley Clements/World Vision | | Refugees living in Jordan often spend their waking hours behind closed doors. Children cannot go to Jordanian schools. The adults cannot work legally.
Photo by John Schenk/World Vision |
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The boy who drew this picture is 16. He has never been to school. He spends most of his time at home because his mother is afraid he will be picked up by the police.
Photo by John Schenk/World Vision | | Hadi, 12, fled Iraq with his family because militants threatened to kill his father. They now live in a one-room apartment in Jordan.
Photo by Brian Jonson/World Vision |
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World Vision funds a safe haven for Iraqi refugee children and Jordanian children. The center is located in one of Amman's many poverty-ridden suburbs where some 800,000 Iraqi refugees live.
photo by Ashley Clements/World Vision | | This Sabean-Mandean Iraqi refugee girl lives in one of Amman's poverty-ridden neighborhoods. She practices her writing skills at home with her mother. Refugee children cannot go to Jordanian schools.
photo by Ashley Clements/World Vision |
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Fawaz, an Iraqi refugee in Amman, keeps his school bag packed in the hopes that one day he will be allowed to go to school. Iraqi refugees have no official status in Jordan.
photo by Ashley Clements/World Vision | | Hadi, 12, with his sister, Hoda, 6, stand outside the apartment that has been their home since they fled Iraq. Hadi witnessed a friend’s death when an errant bomb struck his house while his friend was inside.
photo by Brian Jonson/World Vision |
|  | Who Is World Vision?
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
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