Haiti
Iraq
Yemen
Kenya
Lebanon
Somalia
South Sudan
Ukraine
Polska

2021 was a year full of challenges in Iraq. Its government announced gradual closure of camps for internally displaced persons, and it was also another year of the COVID-19 pandemic. IDPs returning to their native lands were met with numerous challenges: both their homes and the infrastructure were destroyed, and limited opportunities for gainful work posed great difficulties.

  • Population:
    41.1 million

  • Number of people in need of humanitarian aid in 2021:
    4.1 million

  • Number of internally displaced persons:
    1.2 million

  • We started helping in:
    2016

  • Cost of aid provided by PAH in 2021:
    5 954 155 PLN

  • Number of people we reached with aid:
    32 957

Our activities were focused on preventing the spread of and infections with COVID-19 within camps for internally displaced persons, delivering large quantities of water, constructing sanitary facilities in quarantine and isolation areas, as well as ad hoc financial aid for the most affected people in the Sinjar district. In addition, we repaired latrines and showers, and removed waste from four camps for internally displaced persons.

How we helped in Iraq in 2021?

Water

  • Deliveries of water to camps for internally displaced persons
  • Repairs of sanitary facilities
  • Looking after the quality of water
  • Distribution of personal hygiene products

List of projects completed in Iraq in 2021

Number of aid recipients:
10 242 (including 5121 women and girls)

Project location:
Erbil and Sulaimanyah provinces

Source of funds:
IHF/OCHA

We repaired sanitary facilities in the section of the Debaga Camp set aside for isolation/quarantine of individuals infected with COVID-19. We trained the camp inhabitants to hold information sessions regarding protection against COVID-19. We provided face masks, as well as cleaning agents and personal hygiene products. The project’s partner – Arche Nova – repaired the section of the Ashti Camp’s health centre set aside for patients infected with COVID-19.

Number of aid recipients:
16 224 (including 8305 women and girls)

Project location:
Ninewa and Duhok provinces

Source of funds:
ECHO

 

As part of this project we delivered and tested water for the inhabitants of camps for internally displaced persons. The amount of water delivered corresponded to the increased demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. We repaired latrines and showers located on the camp’s premises and we made sure that they were equipped with locks and lighting, as well as clearly separated into sections for men and women. We also repaired school buildings. We trained camp inhabitants to make the necessary repairs, hold seminars in hygiene promotion, as well as trainings in preventing the spread of COVID-19. We took care of solid and liquid waste removal. In addition to the above, we also distributed cleaning agents and personal hygiene products, including menstrual kits, and we organised trainings for women and girls regarding menstrual awareness.

Number of aid recipients:
15 180 (including 7770 women and girls)

Project location:
Ninewa province

Source of funds:
UNICEF

As part of the project we delivered and tested water, distributed cleaning agents and personal hygiene products, as well as organised removal of solid and liquid waste.

Number of aid recipients:
6491 (including 3255 women and girls)

Project location:
Ninewa province

Source of funds:
Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Polska Pomoc)

Multi-purpose financial aid for the most affected families in the Sinjar district, inhabited primarily by the Yazidi ethnical minority who suffered greatly during the war. The families may spend the cash grants according to their wishes and needs. The second part of this project implemented in 2022 will focus on rebuilding houses destroyed during the war.

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Data types

Emergency response

Haiti

As a result of the earthquake in August 2021 more than 2 000 people died and more than 12 000 people were injured. The earthquake’s epicentre was located a dozen or so kilometres from Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, the city in which we completed our project. As part of our involvement we satisfied basic needs, rebuilt temporary shelters for those affected by the disaster, and provided psychological aid.

 

 

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Humanitarian assistance

Iraq

Our activities were focused on preventing the spread of and infections with COVID-19 within camps for internally displaced persons, delivering large quantities of water, constructing sanitary facilities in quarantine and isolation areas, as well as ad hoc financial aid for the most affected people in the Sinjar district. In addition, we repaired latrines and showers, and removed waste from four camps for internally displaced persons.

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Humanitarian assistance

Yemen

The ongoing armed conflict, the economic crisis, the risk of natural disasters, climate changes, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic made 2021 a very difficult year for Yemenites. 

In 2021, PAH continued its projects in the healthcare sector by supporting seven clinics and one hospital in the Abjan, Aden, and Ad Dhale governorates. With the goal of restoring full functionality of the healthcare centres, PAH’s activities included but were not limited to deliveries of medicines, hardware, and medical products, items of everyday use, repairs of the building’s sanitary infrastructure, other repair works, and deliveries of water. Furthermore, we aided the medical personnel by holding trainings and paying their salaries. The scope and form of support were matched to each clinic’s actual needs. Bearing in mind that many people could not take advantage of medical services due to problems of logistical nature and some pregnant women prefer traditional childbirth at home, PAH equipped and trained local volunteers and midwifes. This made it possible to reach local inhabitants, as well as provide medical aid and advice outside the clinic. 

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Humanitarian and development assistance

Kenya

In 2021 PAH aimed its projects at local communities in southern Kenya which has a tropical dry climate. As a result of adverse climate changes access to safe water and appropriate sanitary conditions is becoming increasingly challenging.

Our activities improved the conditions in which education takes place by ensuring access to sustainable water supply, sanitary infrastructure, and appropriate hygiene, as well as improving access to power from renewable energy sources. Together with the local agricultural co-operatives, we erected sand dams to regulate water resources. Moreover, by holding a series of trainings in management, agriculture, and animal husbandry we improved the effectiveness of farming and increased the production capacities and earnings of the agricultural co-operatives.

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Development aid

Lebanon

World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index 2021 put Lebanon in the 132nd place out of 156 countries as far as women’s participation in political life is concerned, their economic opportunities, educational opportunities, as well as adequate access to healthcare. Marginalisation of girls and women, as well as barriers that prevent their active social and professional life are manifold. Only 29% of adult women are professionally active, while in the case of men it is 76%.

In Lebanon, we carried out a project which, through the development of personal and life skills, provided children and teenagers with greater opportunities to use their full potential in the future, and thanks to the growth of professional competencies young adults have greater chances of being employed on a labour market which systemically marginalises them.

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Humanitarian assistance

Somalia

Our activities are primarily focused on water supply and sanitary aid. In particular, we concentrate on aiding the most vulnerable individuals, such as internally displaced persons, and therefore we build wells and sanitary infrastructure in the camps they live in. We also help local communities in the villages affected by floods, drought, and conflicts. Thanks to such aid, the Somalis’ needs are adequately met.

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Humanitarian assistance

South Sudan

South Sudan poses challenges on many levels. Its inhabitants are facing challenges posed by climate change, epidemics, local ethnic conflicts, as well as loss of the means of support.

Our activities include primarily the provision of access to clean and healthy water by repairing and constructing water intake points, latrines, and hand washing stations. We hold trainings for mechanics and awareness-raising campaigns in good hygiene practices. We distribute hygiene kits to girls and women of reproductive age.

To help children, we develop educational programmes, we create temporary learning spaces where access to school infrastructure is limited. We undertake actions that reduce disease incidence and mortality of the most vulnerable groups by improving access to healthcare and food; we also help in food production. We distribute packages with non-food aid and undertake actions that reinforce local communities’ independence and capacity to respond to future crises. We create safe spaces for women who were victims of violence.

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Humanitarian assistance

Ukraine

In 2021 PAH continued to help the elderly and people with disabilities who lived in towns close to the frontlines. Our local Aid Centres provide psychological and financial aid, and they are also used to distribute parcels with food and hygiene products.

We also provided aid to victims of landmines, in particular children and their caretakers, in the form of psychological, legal, and financial support to facilitate rehabilitation. We held trainings for teachers and social workers, and financed their employment at local institutions.

 

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