Yazda

(Code: SVM23) -Yazda began offering essential health services in Sinjar in early 2015. Due to the widespread devastation of infrastructure, a Mobile Medical Unit was established for operations. Since April 2018, the project has been funded by the Dutch donor SV. This Sinjar-based mobile medical unit provides basic healthcare to 14 villages on the mountain's north side. The team sees patients for a variety of primary health concerns, including chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension. They offer roughly 1,300-2,000 consultations monthly to a community of 7,000-10,000 people, operating five days a week in the villages of Adeeka, Tairaf, Aldeenah, Kharbah, Qane, Bayeev, Naqsay, Bakrah, Kormale, Zerwa, Bakhilif, Shorka, Gurmiz, and Karse. The majority of these villages are remote, and many households lack cars or any means of transportation. he project received additional funding in August 2023. Project Details (SVM22): Delivers the complete range of primary healthcare services, integrating non-communicable and mental healthcare. Aims to identify and manage the most prevalent NCD and MH conditions as close to patients as possible, even in hard-to-reach and insecure environments with limited skilled resources and supplies. Builds long-term sustainability and replicability of the model by providing initial training and ongoing clinical supervision for staff. Maximizes task-shifting and task-sharing among technical staff. Project Details (SVM23): Continues delivering the full spectrum of primary healthcare activities it has provided since 2020: general consultations, SRH consultations (including ANC, FP, and awareness sessions on mother and child health topics). Emphasizes that these core activities are essential for guaranteeing access to primary healthcare. Integrates NCD-MH components seamlessly within primary healthcare services, not as a separate program. Project Goal: Reduce illness and death rates in the target population by providing and increasing access to primary healthcare, Non-Communicable Disease care, and Mental Health support.

(Code: IOM23) Return of Displaced in Nineveh - Yazda joined forces with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to support the return and reintegration of displaced people in Nineveh Plains and West Nineveh. This USAID-funded project utilizes a multi-pronged approach for a sustainable return, encompassing: * Livelihood and Economic Independence: Helping returnees establish themselves financially. * Access to Services: Ensuring returnees have the resources they need. * Social Cohesion: Fostering a sense of community among returnees. * Psychosocial Support (PSS): Providing mental health services to those who have experienced trauma. * Diaspora Engagement: Connecting returnees with Yazidi communities abroad. * Administrative Support: Assisting returnees with navigating bureaucracy. To oversee these activities, Yazda opens a new office in Sinune, focusing on large collective villages north of Sinjar and Sinjar City itself. Mental Health Services: Two Psychosocial Support Therapists are hired in Sinune to begin case management and provide support sessions in 2021. Livelihood Support: Thirteen locations are chosen for livelihood support, including nine villages on the north side (Khanasor, Sinune, Dugre, Duhola, Borek, Gubhal, Zorava, Hardan) and three on the south side (Sinjar City, Sulagh, Wardiya, Bashiqa, Bahzani). Yazda aims to establish 90 small businesses within two years and offer vocational training to select communities. Education Support: Recognizing the importance of education, Yazda assesses vulnerable schools and allocates monthly stipends for teachers and school supplies to eight schools since December 2018. Community Engagement: Yazda collaborates with six youth groups whose goals align with the project's objectives. These groups receive funding for training and capacity building in exchange for support with information gathering, community outreach, and promoting safe return through advocacy and social media. Yazidi Survivor Network A separate initiative, the Yazidi Survivor Network (YSN), funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, empowers survivors of the ISIS Genocide. YSN provides a platform for survivors to share their experiences, advocate for justice and human rights, and fight for essential programs and services.

(Code: NBL24) - Project Description: Nobody's Listening is a groundbreaking Virtual Reality experience and immersive exhibition programme by Yazda, a Yazidi charity, and Upstream, a VR company, that commemorates the atrocities by ISIS against the Yazidi community in the summer of 2014 in northern Iraq. Using cutting-edge Virtual Reality technology, photography and art, the exhibition explores the consequences of the ISIS atrocities, including sexual violence. Above all, Nobody's Listening pays tribute to the courage, determination and agency of the survivors, and gives them a space where they can be heard.

(Code: JIY22) - Funding received for the Community and Mental Health program for children. Fund was received at the end of the previous financial year and has been used to support the project objectives in this calendar year.