Duhok, KURDISTAN (January 13th, 2018) - Rwanga Foundation's Kabarto 1 Community Social Center, in coordination with Kabarto 1 Camp Management, held an exhibition to show rare and old paper currencies in Poly Technique University of Duhok.
The aim of the exhibition was to involve the young IDPs to participate in such activities and to motivate young IDPs to express their idea. "I liked this activity so much, because it is the first time I attend in such an activity and this inspired me to work on my own ideas. Such kind of activities are good, not only for me but for all IDPs , especially the younger ones.'' said Akram Qasim Alias, one of the attendees.
The exhibition was attended by 190 people and displayed money notes of over 80 countries. Soud Msto Najim, the camp manager, stated that :''I like to share my work with everybody, to show how much money notes changed through time. I started collecting old money notes since 1992 and I step by step improved it through my connections with people from other countries.''
Rwanga Foundation operates the community social centers in the six camps, including Kabartu 1, in which more than 90,000 IDPs live. The project is funded by GIZ and will be implemented in close coordination with MOLSA. The aim of the project is to enable the IDPs in the six camps to become more self-reliant, connected, active and have adequate capacity to manage themselves at the family and community level. The project started on July 2017 and will continue till November 2018.
