YAZDA

Code: USG20 + USG21- This a project to continue with the existing work on documentation and advocacy, a new project was recently approved by USAID. The project has three main goals. * Contribute to the preservation of the Yazidi culture by recording testimonies containing a comprehensive overview of the Yazidi historical and cultural heritage and publishing academic articles in a dedicated review. * Gather evidence that further facilitates legal accountability by interviewing survivors and witnesses and locating mass graves and killing sites. This includes informing survivors about the legal remedies available to them under Iraqi and Kurdish law and putting them in touch with local lawyers. * Advocate for the Yazidi community by using the collected data (e.g., campaign for transitional justice and post-conflict reconstruction strategies; campaign to diffuse the Yazidi culture, especially to the diaspora). The documentation team has two offices, one in Duhok and one in Sinjar. These teams are situated to best reach the Yazidi community based in the displacement camps and a second office in Sinune for the returnees. The project started in December 2018 and continued throughout 2023.

(Code: SVM22 + 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.