People waiting in line at Baharka transit camp in Erbil to receive their food assistance from WFP. Photo: WFP/Mohammed Albahbahani
 
27 August 2014 - Food aid convoys from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have reached displaced Iraqis in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad, bringing the number of people receiving food assistance to over 700,000 people since the start of violence in mid-June...
 
"The humanitarian situation in Iraq is extremely challenging," said Mohamed Diab, WFP Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and East Europe...
 
Throughout the country more than 1 million people have been displaced - many without access to food, water or other basic needs. They are living in unfinished buildings, mosques, churches, parks and schools...
 
Before the latest wave of displacement, WFP was already assisting about 240,000 people displaced by conflict in Iraq's al-Anbar governorate, as well as more than 180,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria who are sheltering in Iraq.
 
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Pray for the UN, World Food Program, and other humanitarian efforts to help the Iraqis who are displaced due to the ISIS invasion and takeover of their cities and villages. Pray for effective coordination and a generous and abundant flow of aid to those who need this help so desperately.