Nadia’s Initiative is striving to provide Yazidi youth returning from genocide and displacement with quality, secondary education. Our new project - rehabilitating and furnishing Zorava High School - is well underway, and will serve hundreds of students when it is safe to reopen.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative’s if rehabilitating it’s first Primary Health Center in Tel Azeer village, South Sinjar. The project will focus on restoring the center’s maternity ward in order to keep mothers and newborns healthy.
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that Nadia’s Initiative has partnered with Sunrise NGO to rehabilitate Al Qahtaniya Primary School in Tel Azeer village.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative is working with USAID ICRI Ta'afi to remove the rubble from two locations in the center of Sinjar city.
Read MoreLast week, Nadia’s Initiative officially launched our flagship project - the construction of a new Sinjar Hospital - in partnership with the French Government’s Crisis and Support Centre and French NGO La Chaîne de l'espoir.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative is working to ensure that households, farms, hospitals, and schools in Sinjar have access to clean water.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative is proud to announce that, with funding from ALIPH Foundation, we are restoring Sheikh Mand Temple in Gedala village, Sinjar.
Read MoreStudents excitedly explore the grounds of Rambosi’s renewed primary school - recently rehabilitated and furnished by Nadia’s Initiative.
Read MoreWith funding from USAID, Nadia’s Initiative is continuing its efforts to strengthen Sinjar’s healthcare system and fight COVID-19 by supplying Sinjar General Hospital with essential equipment.
Read MoreIn Sinjar, Nadia’s Initiative and Dorcas Aid International are organizing and training local volunteer Water Committees to operate and maintain their restored WASH infrastructure.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative is building a brand new primary school in Tabba village in Sinjar, Iraq. The new school will be furnished with everything from desks to whiteboards in order to create a safe and engaging learning environment for over 270 students.
Read MoreThanks to the generous support of our partner, the Government of ROC (Taiwan), Nadia’s Initiative distributed 100,000 masks to families and essential workers in Sinjar, Bashiqa, Hamdanya, and IDP camps.
Read MoreWith support from the Government of Japan, Nadia’s Initiative, IOM Iraq, and Mission East have created a small business incubator to empower 57 women to start and maintain their own businesses, thus bolstering the redevelopment of Sinjar.
Read MoreIn 2014, the vast majority of Yazidi temples in Sinjar were destroyed by ISIS. It is estimated that ISIS destroyed at least 28 religious sites and historical buildings throughout Northern Iraq. Thanks to the support of the ALIPH Foundation, Nadia’s Initiative is working to rehabilitate Malack Sheikh Hassan Temple in Gabara village, Sinjar, Iraq.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative is working to secure access to safe drinking water for Yazidis returning to their homes in Hayali village in South Sinjar, where they are restoring WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) services
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative is addressing the emergency water needs of recent returnees to Sinjar by working with USAID to provide them with water tanks.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative’s Survivor Support Project provided household goods, cash payments, and psychosocial support for Yazidi survivors and their families. The needs of survivors informed the project’s trauma-sensitive and survivor-centric approach.
Read MoreFrom Nadia’s Initiative’s latest distribution of medical supplies, Sinjar Hospital received ECG Machines, beds, defibrillators, and ventilators, among many other items that have enabled the hospital to commence mid-level surgeries.
Read MoreWith the generous support of the United Arab Emirates, NI and Dorcas Aid International are restoring access to clean water in Sinjar. This project is providing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services for six villages in the North Sinjar region.
Read MoreNadia’s Initiative is working with the Directorate of Electricity to restore electricity in South Sinjar. With electricity secured, the community can power other important infrastructure like hospitals and schools.
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