From the Field | Winter Brings Added Anxiety in Iraq
The World Help team began our day delivering life-saving aid in the Baharka camp, home to 5,000 displaced Iraqis. Most of these families are from Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, which fell to ISIS last year. I couldn’t help but marvel that just months earlier,...From the Field | A Light in the Darkness
Today, our team traveled to a community of 850 refugee families who once lived in Qaraqosh. Many of them are Christians, including Yazidis and several other minorities. But they all have one thing in common: ISIS gave them the ultimatum to convert, pay, or die....6 Months Later: Nepal—Rebuilding a Nation
Six months ago, we received harrowing reports of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that tore apart an already impoverished nation, followed a few days later by another massive 7.3 quake. We learned that in a matter of moments thousands of Nepali people had been killed and...Forging the Future of Iraq
In the past year, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), has seized control of large portions of Syria and has infiltrated Iraqi territories with astonishing force and extreme brutality. Horrific scenes of their campaign of death and destruction have filled the news....
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