Zain in Iraq supports AMAR's public health and education programmes, which provide over 50,000 patient consultations per month at AMAR's fully-equipped Health Care Facilities. Zain's funding sustains an education programme providing adult literacy classes for 2,000 previously illiterate men and women.

Zain also supports AMAR's Health Education in Schools programme, which reaches over 15,000 children every week. Providing basic information and advice, the programme is tailored to give children the best chance to keep in good health and avoid preventable illnesses.

In so doing, Zain is helping to address the longstanding need for basic health care and education after several decades of neglect and deterioration of Iraq’s health and education systems. In addition to the public health care and education services, Zain’s generous support provides:

• high-quality preventive health care outreach services to families, communities and schoolchildren, raising health awareness and reducing the incidence of preventable disease;
• the building of professional capacity and the creation of opportunities for social and economic empowerment for the Iraqi people, both women and men;
• help to address severe levels of illiteracy and non-numeracy among adults in the southern Iraqi marshlands, improving employment prospects and stability in the region through advocating and teaching non-violence, human rights and the principles of peace.

In AMAR’s experience, poor health and education hinders the ability to find employment and to form sustainable communities. Zain’s support for the delivery of primary health care and education services thus brings a distinct and positive impact to the stability of the country.