Accompanying Refugees and Displaced People
The project distributed 1,500 hygiene kits to families. Clean water and hygiene kits for Iraqi returnees In June 2020 more than 3,000 internally displaced families living in camps in the Duhok governorate began returning home to Sinjar, Iraq. But they faced public health risks, made worse by COVID-19. PWRDF contributed $30,000 to a Lutheran World Federation Iraq project that provided hygiene equipment, improved access to clean water and raised awareness about COVID-19 prevention. The project distributed 1,500 hygiene kits to families, and ensured a safe and clean water supply by rehabilitating boreholes and renovating underground water treatment facilities. The project also shared other COVID-19 prevention measures with returnee families according to WHO guidelines and instructions. 20
