Growing a future in Iraq

A total of 210 households were supported through kitchen gardens for women, including 10 women trained as supervisors, under the project "Building resilience of conflict-affected populations in Anbar and Ninewa through rehabilitation of critical irrigation infrastructure."

Cash assistance during the project provided short term food security
while they were setting up the gardens, and training gave the women the skills development they needed for cultivating and selling produce. 
The women were also given assets such as seeds and tools, to help plant and set up their gardens.

The project was implemented in North Iraq between 2017-2019 and it was part of a broader set of activities that looked into improving or creating key sewage and drainage infrastructure to support recovery in primary agriculture areas, including surface sewer canals, drainage channels, boreholes and the rehabilitation and cleaning of olive groves.

Furthermore, the project had a crucial social cohesion angle bringing together community in a multi-ethnic, post-conflict environment.

This is a project by People in Need, Yazda and the World Food Programme (WFP), funded by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and Switzerland.

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