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Mosul is almost liberated from Islamic State

Danish European Mission donors are busy helping Iraqis displaced by Islamic State to return home and rebuild their communities east of Mosul.

By Samuel

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Top image: Children are happy to be home again

While the reconstruction of four villages east of Mosul is already underway, there is now good news from the western part of Mosul, which is almost liberated by the Iraqi army.

Image: The devastation is extensive and the rebuilding work demanding

Iraqi Army Brigadier General Yahya Rasoul explains: "A pocket of the city is still in the hands of Islamic State, but a seven-month battle to drive the extremist jihadists out of the city may soon be over". The general also estimates, according to dr.dk, that Islamic State now only controls about nine percent of the western part of Mosul.

The nightmare may soon be over

The reports of the imminent liberation of Mosul reinforce the hope that the nightmare that the Islamic State subjected all non-Sunni Muslims to from 2014 to the present day is coming to an end. Christians and other minorities had to flee areas where their ancestors had lived for hundreds of years in some cases.

They found shelter with the Kurds in northeastern Iraq, where the effective Peshmerga forces were able to draw a line under the Islamic State's advance.

In so-called Kurdistan, displaced Christians and other minorities had to live on emergency aid - and this is where the Danish European Mission's donors have made a unique contribution, enabling thousands of refugees to survive.

From emergency aid to self-help

The first refugees have already returned to the villages of Tell al-Laban, Kuzahkan, Wardak and Al-Majidia east of Mosul, where Danish European Mission donors are helping to rebuild roads, five schools, two medical clinics and electricity and water supplies, as well as providing families with building materials to rebuild their homes.

The total cost of the entire project is DKK 8.68 million, which means that it costs an average of DKK 827 to ensure that a displaced Iraqi can return home. Every gift, big or small, makes a positive difference in their lives. You can help refugees return home and warm the hearts of people who have been through so much.

For Christians, as well as displaced people from other backgrounds, the local Christian relief and development workers we support light a light in the darkness ISIS spread - a hope to return home and rebuild their communities.

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