In Iraq, Church World Service and seven partners helped provide clean water to 41,000 residents of the poor neighborhood of Hay Tariq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Water and sanitation systems were destroyed or compromised by the 1990 Gulf War and 12 years of UN sanctions, contributing to the deterioration of the health, nutrition, and general well being of Iraqi children.
Read more in these CWS briefing papers on Iraq.
A group of children at Hai Tarek, a Shi'ite area of Baghdad and site of a water distribution project partly funded by US-based ACT members Church World Service, Lutheran World Relief, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)/Week of Compassion, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA); Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA); United Church of Christ Wider Church Ministries and United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) through a North American initiative, All Our Children.