Washington: we made $ 603 million in humanitarian assistance necessary for Iraqis

Monday, February 15, 2016-8:45 pm
Washington: we made $ 603 million in humanitarian assistance necessary for Iraqis

The u.s. Embassy in Baghdad, Monday, to provide humanitarian aid worth 603 million dollars for Iraqi people, referring to assist more than half a million Iraqi children.

The Embassy said in a statement that "the Consul-General of the USA in Erbil Matias mettmann has accompanied by representatives of the International Organization for migration and local non-governmental organizations, today, distribution of relief items such as white oil heaters and plastic sheets, blankets and towels between about 1300 people, nearly 200 families in Ghazni informal camp in Erbil for persons displaced as a result of fighting against daash".

The statement added that "the United States has provided over the past few months clothes, heaters and other vital material necessary for the more than 500 000 Iraqi children", noting that "the American people gave more than $ 603 million in humanitarian assistance is necessary for the Iraqi people since the beginning of the crisis."

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