Enhance durable solutions, safety, and self-reliance for vulnerable syrian refugees in iraq by improving shelters, infrastructure, and livelihoods

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $4,897,259 cooperative agreement to Peace Winds America under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East (CFDA 19.519). The one-year award ending September 2022 aims to enhance durable solutions, safety, and self-reliance for vulnerable Syrian refugees in Iraq by improving shelters, infrastructure, and livelihoods. Peace Winds America will provide sustainable shelters, camp infrastructure, and livelihoods for Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. A $4.9 million subaward to Peace Winds Japan, N.P.O. will support delivering these products and services. The Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East supports protecting and assisting Syrian and Iraqi refugees, conflict victims, internally displaced persons, and returnees in neighboring countries and inside Iraq.