Child protection assessment in Soran district, Iraq
Terre des Hommes
Highlights
This report was written in response to the need for qualitative information to assess the situation of internally displaced person (IDP) children in Soran District (Erbil, KRG) in order to specialize and focus assistance based on needs, if required. Soran is located 120 km northeast of Erbil, and due to this distance, it appears that little humanitarian aid has reached the area. From initial field visits, the need for child protection interventions has come to light. In response to this need, Terre des Hommes Italy assessed the possibility of intervening in this area with a mobile child protection unit and with community-based psycho-social support activities.
An assessment of the child protection situation in IDP settlements in Soran was conducted, which aimed to include all IDP families with children, and a total of 91 families were interviewed.
Terre des Hommes Italy conducted a child protection assessment in three informal settlements in the area of Soran, where 91 IDP families have been residing since 2014. This included the informal IDP settlements of Kawlokan, Rawnduz and Akyewa. The assessment was carried out by the Terre des Hommes Italy mobile Child Protection Unit in July 2015, as part of the ongoing child protection project.
