Duhok, KURDISTAN (November 26th, 2017) - Rwanga Foundation started a 16 days campaign for IDPs to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
The activity is part of the international campaign of "Orange The World", which annually starts from November 25th to December the 10th. During the first day of the activity, a number of IDPs of the Bajid Kandala Camp attended. The activity included a brief introduction to the ceremony, as well as a play that showed effects of violence in families and communities. Furthermore, a group of young girls performed an expressionism art ballet dance.
Rwanga Foundation also took the opportunity to celebrate the International Volunteers Day during the campaign to highlight the role of young people especially women in the community. The activity included reading poems, songs and some other activities that performed by the volunteers.
Moreover, International Day of Disabled Persons ( December 3), was during the campaign. Rwanga Foundation's Duhok Office held a seminar under the title of ''how to treat Disabled Persons " for family members, and displayed motivational video on successful disabled persons in order to encourage the community to be more supportive to the disabled people.
“We always aim to raise awareness and enhance the role of women in the community!” said Awaz Saeed, the Camp Center Manager and coordinator of the event.
The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness among IDPs and to highlight the importance of the elimination of violence against women and other vulnerable groups in the community. Secondly, to also strengthen the communication between IDPs living in the same camp.
At the end of the campaign, orange ribbons were distributed to participants. The orange color represents a world without violence against women and girls. The campaign continued for 16 days.
“It's important to remind people of these sensitive topics in the community, that women are suffering from!” said one of the attendees.
Rwanga Foundation operates the community social centers in six camps through a project which is funded by GIZ, implemented in close coordination with MOLSA (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs-KRG). The aim of the project is to enable the IDPs in the six camps to become more self-reliant, connected, active, and have an adequate capacity to manage themselves and the camp communities.
