{"id":10630,"date":"2016-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/core3-789-core3.d2.worldvision.org\/media-center\/how-world-vision-is-preparing-for-humanitarian-crisis-in-mosul"},"modified":"2022-09-22T13:50:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:50:51","slug":"how-world-vision-is-preparing-for-humanitarian-crisis-in-mosul","status":"publish","type":"media-center","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/about-us\/media-center\/how-world-vision-is-preparing-for-humanitarian-crisis-in-mosul","title":{"rendered":"How World Vision is Preparing for Humanitarian Crisis in Mosul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”10715″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]In 2014, conflict erupted in northern Iraq and ISIS took control of much of the northern province of Ninewa.<\/p>\n

Now, opposing military action is moving northward toward Ninewa’s provincial capital of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city with a metropolitan area of some 1.5 million people. Experts are predicting that between half a million and one million people could be forced to flee their homes as a result of this military action.  This crisis could require one the largest humanitarian response in the world this year.<\/p>\n

World Vision has been working in northern Iraq since 2014 and is working with other humanitarian groups to prepare for this potential additional crisis.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the nearest camps, those bordering northern Iraq near the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI), are close to full capacity and may not be able to handle such a large influx of people at once.<\/p>\n

As a result, World Vision and other NGOs were asked to prepare for a potential influx of up to a million new people in need of humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n

Most of these survivors will flee at great risk from the conflict areas with little or nothing. These families will need the basics to survive: food, clean water, appropriate shelter and sanitation and hygiene systems (toilets, showers and garbage removal).<\/p>\n

They will need clothing and shelter and heating to protect them from northern Iraq’s freezing winters as many will only have the clothes on their backs.<\/p>\n

They will need medical care for injuries as well as conditions that will likely range from malnutrition and dehydration to chronic conditions like diabetes. Because of the extreme violence and destruction they’ve witnessed and experienced, many children and adults will need psychosocial support to help them process and heal.<\/p>\n

The humanitarian community at large is planning to open new camps to the north, east and south of Mosul. Here’s how World Vision is preparing:<\/p>\n

FOOD AND CASH<\/p>\n