• Protection

• Social Cohesion

• Human Rights

• Food Security & Livelihoods
  

• Advocacy

• Shelter & WaSH

1. Employment Promotion through Skills Development and Vocational Training, in Khanaqin Dyala Governorate

2024: The project is supported by UNDP mainly providing vocational training for youth and women to earn an income through livelihood projects and link them with existing local businesses. 270 trainees participated. Ongoing.

2.DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN ENHANCMENT OF THE CENTRAL ALLEY AND VISITOR ROUTES AT ERBIL CITADEL, IRAQ

2023: KOHRW in partnership with UNESCO, high Commission for Erbil Citadel Revitalization, and ILO funded by European Union’s MADAD are working for the conservation and Restoration of Central Alley and Visitors Routes at Erbil Citadel, Urban Enhancement, community empowerment through engaging local community in planning and implementation, and support to Livelihood through Cultural Heritage development by improving self-reliance through access to immediate short-term decent employment opportunities, 15,000 working days in total.

3.GENERATION UNLIMITED IMAGEN VENTURES IRAQI YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM FOR ALL GOVERNARATES

2023: KOHRW and the Ministry of Youth and Sports with the support of UNICEF. The project aimed to support young people as teams to make their entrepreneurial ideas become real and to be part of a global challenge program. Two teams will be representatives of Iraq in the world within more than 50 countries around the world. The program focuses on youth in all governorates Iraq, more than 300 teams have applied for the program, and 10 teams were selected to participate in a 5-day Boot camp to learn how to develop their entrepreneurial ideas, how to create their own projects. 5 teams are selected by a committee, to give them a financial grant of $3,000 for each team to create their projects, eventually two teams will be selected to move to the global challenge.

4. BENEFICIARIES SELECTION, CAPACITY BUILDING AND BASELINE ASSESSMENT NINAWA, KIRKUK, SALAH AL-DIN, DIYALA AND ANBAR

2021: KOHRW in cooperation with UNDP, initiated a response to cover beneficiary selection for cash for work (CFW) projects & capacity-building activities. Which covered 3,501 beneficiaries’ selection for cash for work projects in five governorates (Kirkuk, Diyala, Anbar, Salah Al-Din, and Ninewa).

5. KHOTWA (Small Business Support- SMEs)

2021: KOHRW, in partnership with UNDP and support from the Government of Canada, has been running the Youth Innovation & Creativity Award across Kirkuk & Mosul governorates to fine-tune their innovative ideas, develop entrepreneurial skills and create sustainable business models. In this program 20 final business ideas were the final winners with a 5,000 USD grant per business idea to procure essential item to start their business, plus coaching and mentoring services.

6. GREEN HOUSES FOR IDP CAMP IN BAHRKA2017:

KOHRW established eight (8) green houses (small businesses) for vegetables in Bahrka IDP camps. The project aim was to change these camps from being consumer to productive camps and also improve economic development and livelihoods of IDPs. This project was supported by Mass Group Holding and able to cover the vegetable needs of each camp. This program is on-going

7. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE (HAC)

KOHRW formed this committee in 2014 along with 30 local NGOs to provide humanitarian relief for IDPs, refugees, new comers following ISIS occupation in Mosul. Through this committee KOHRW was able to cover the humanitarian needs for more than 40,000 IDPs. This program is on-going.

8. DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD ITEMS AND NON-FOOD ITEMS IN MOSUL, KIRKUK, DIYALA, SULAIMANYA AND ERBIL

Refugees, IDPs and vulnerable host communities are severely affected by the lack of humanitarian relief essential for daily survival. KOHRW worked to meet the urgent needs of 50,500+ unassisted families/individuals in Erbil, Duhok, Sulaimanya, Kirkuk, Diyala and Mosul through the distribution of food items and non-food items. This program was supported by UNHCR.

By Hosam Al-Daher