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A USAID funded community center manages a food distribution program for local families.
A USAID funded community center manages a food distribution program for local families.
Philadelphia Organization for Relief and Development

New Partnerships Initiative

USAID launched the New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) in May 2019 to expand and diversify USAID's partner base and change the way the Agency does business. By working with new or underutilized partners, the Agency hopes to bring more innovative approaches to U.S. foreign assistance; focus on strengthening capacity and commitment in partner countries by tapping into existing networks of community- and faith-based organizations; and reach new populations.

USAID awarded small grants through the NPI that total approximately $4 million to six local groups in Northern Iraq to help religious and ethnic minorities targeted by ISIS.

When COVID restrictions impacted Iraq, an employment program for Iraqi youth took their business training online.
When COVID restrictions impacted Iraq, an employment program for Iraqi youth took their business training online.
Top Mountain

The United States remains committed to supporting persecuted religious and ethnic minorities in Northern Iraq. With these new awards, the total assistance the U.S. Government has provided since 2017 in Northern Iraq is now more than $400 million. These programs complement H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018, which passed with bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress and which President Donald J. Trump signed into law on December 11, 2018. Additional U.S. humanitarian assistance has also benefited the same Iraqi communities.

The NPI implementers in Northern Iraq are the following:

Beth Nahrain: The award helps re-establish a local, women-led organization decimated by ISIS. The organization also provides small-business vocational training to women in the Nineveh Plains. Catholic University of Erbil: The award provides classes in business language and computer software for widows, victims of abuse, and former captives of ISIS.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Catholic.University.Erbil/
Catholic University of Erbil: The award provides classes in business language and computer software for widows, victims of abuse, and former captives of ISIS.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Catholic.University.Erbil/
Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights: The award provides trauma-rehabilitation and resilience services to survivors of genocide; legal services and programs in justice/reparations; and activities to promote inter-religious and inter-ethnic dialogue.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jiyanfoundation/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JiyanFoundation
Philadelphia Organization for Relief and Development: The award established a community center in the town of Qaraqosh to provide services for people with disabilities, offers training in employment skills, child care, and a community food bank.
Six Iraqi engineers undergo USAID training on solar energy systems.
Six Iraqi engineers undergo USAID training on solar energy systems.
Shlama Foundation
Shlama Foundation: The award improves job opportunities through training engineers on solar power energy systems, provides electricity for families, and installs solar-powered pumps for farms and street lighting for villages.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shlamafoundation/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShlamaF
Top Mountain: The award supports a business incubator and employment program for Iraqi youth, which promotes entrepreneurship, provides business training, and builds commercial networks. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/topmountainincubator/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TopMountainLLC

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