AMAR Foundation

Supporting Iraq’s Historic Marshes

AMAR’s health and education initiatives help challenge the effects of poverty in marsh communities. Learn more.

Bringing medical care to tens of thousands

Our medical teams are reaching Iraq’s most vulnerable communities.

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Vital education and training programmes throughout Iraq

Protecting women

AMAR has programmes to empower and improve the lives of women across the Middle East

AMAR’s model

Employs local people to deliver local resources to where they’re needed most

AMAR IS AN AWARD-WINNING CHARITY THAT WORKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUILDING AND IMPROVING THE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS OF SOME OF THE WORLD’S POOREST AND MOST DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE.

FOR OVER 25 YEARS WE HAVE PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION ON A SUSTAINED AND LASTING BASIS, AND TODAY WE DELIVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS EACH YEAR.

AMAR RUNS HEALTH CLINICS FOR THE 2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY DISPLACED IN IRAQ. WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE (IDP) CAMPS SINCE JUNE 2014, WHEN THE INVASION BY ISLAMIC STATE FORCED MILLIONS FROM THEIR HOMES. WHEREVER POSSIBLE, WE EMPLOY LOCAL PEOPLE AND USE LOCAL RESOURCES TO BRING ABOUT SUSTAINABLE CHANGE.

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AMAR International 11 hours ago

Happy #Newroz to members of the AMAR family celebrating in Iraqi #Kurdistan and elsewhere in the world! #TwitterKurds

AMAR International 11 hours ago

AMAR's Woman Health Volunteers in Khanke camp #Kurdistan regularly attend training on specific health conditions. This helps them to identify problems when they're visiting the community in the camp - which has a population of around 20,000 people, many of whom are #Yazidi.

test Twitter Media - AMAR's Woman Health Volunteers in Khanke camp #Kurdistan regularly attend training on specific health conditions.

This helps them to identify problems when they're visiting the community in the camp - which has a population of around 20,000 people, many of whom are #Yazidi. https://t.co/NNN76uaj4B

AMAR International 14 hours ago

Wishing all our students, patients, staff and supporters lots of joy on this #InternationalDayofHappiness!

Recent news

AMAR women work wonders

To mark International Women’s Day, we’re asking some of the women of our workforce, “what does working for AMAR mean to you?”…

Doctor returns to his roots

Hundreds of AMAR patients have received specialist treatment from an award-winning London Consultant…

AMAR IN THE NEWS

AMAR’s work with Yazidi women and girls has featured in one of the UK’s leading newspapers, the Daily Mail….