AAS-IRAQ – QUARTERLY REPORT

1ST JANUARY – 30TH MARCH 2002

DEPARTMENT
 RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECT
 Nissibin Assyrian High School Dormitories
CURRENT PROGRESS
 Work began again after stopping briefly due to wet winter conditions. 

The building consists of two floors with 28 bedrooms, enough for 140 students. The ground floor area is 570m2, which consists of 12 bedrooms, kitchen, two halls (to be used as restaurant and reading room), bathrooms and two gardens – the area of each being 192m2. 

The area of the first floor is 546m2 and consists of 16 bedrooms and bathrooms. The building has a vault of 117m2, to be used as storage.
FUNDING
 Assyrian Aid Society of America (AAS-A)
   
PROJECT
 Drinking water for Rabatki & Meruki villages (Nahla region).
CURRENT PROGRESS
 The work to provide clean drinking water to the Rabatki and Meruki villages in the Nahla region is in progress.

The project includes laying pipelines from the natural spring water source to the two villages. The total length of the pipeline is 4km.

This pipeline will distribute the water to all the villages’ houses, after water tanks have been built in each village along with water pumps.
FUNDING
 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schtutgard –Germany (ELCS)
   
PROJECT
 Day care center project and office building for Assyrian Women Union in Dohuk city
CURRENT PROGRESS
 Started implementation of Day care center project and office building for the Assyrian Women Union in Dohuk city. 

The project’s land is within the Nissibin Dormitories’ land.

The building area is 275m2, consisting of six rooms – one for the Assyrian Women Union (AWU) administration, day care administration, bedroom, play room, an eating room, and a hall. 
FUNDING
 Personal contribution by Mrs. Jacklin Bejan, California, USA.
   
PROJECT
 AAS-Iraq office
CURRENT PROGRESS
 Building office for AAS-Iraq in Dohuk city within the Nissibin Dormitories’ land. The building area is 115m2, consisting of five rooms for AAS administration.

Sharing in building two houses in Dehe village in the Sapna area, for two families coming from Baghdad.
DEPARTMENT

EDUCATION & TEACHING
PROJECT
 Assyrian primary schools
CURRENT PROGRESS
 Supporting Assyrian schools in the Dohuk and Arbil areas, including paying salaries to the lecturers, helping needy teachers, and providing some basic needs for the schools. 

Covering the transportation costs of students and teachers in Arbil only, Ministry of Education covered the transportation costs in Dohuk area.

Covering the costs of Assyrian Teaching Committee in holding different types of educational activities.
PROJECT
 Assyrian high schools
CURRENT PROGRESS
 Nissibin high school in Dohuk city:

Covering the costs of housing, feeding 90 students. Paying monthly salaries to the lecturers, bonuses for teachers, dormitories’ supervisors, and workers, supporting the lecturers.

Urhai high school in Sarsink:

Paying monthly salaries for lecturers, bonus for teachers, providing basic needs and furniture for the school. 
PROJECT
 University students
CURRENT PROGRESS
 Through Assyrian Student & Youth Union, our society covers the expenses of housing, feeding, and transporting 180 students from Arbil universities & institutes, 80 students from Dohuk Universities & Institutes. Covering transportation costs of high schools in Shaqlawa and Armota and helping needy students.
FUNDING
 We depend in support teaching process mainly on AAS-America, as well as AAS branches in Europe, Australia, Canada, other Assyrian National Organizations and others. 
DEPARTMENT
 HEALTH & MEDICAL SERVICES
PROJECT
 Pharmacy and Medical Clinics
CURRENT PROGRESS
 Our charity pharmacies and clinics are continuing their medical services in Dohuk, Sarsink, and Ankawa, especially after receiving a 457kg medical shipment sent from the AAS of America, as a continuous support for our pharmacies and clinics.

Covering treatment expenses of many cases, and contributes in others.
FUNDING
 Assyrian Aid Society – America & Others.
DEPARTMENT
SOCIAL
PROJECT
 Supporting Social Societies
CURRENT PROGRESS
 Our society presents different types of aid to needy families in different areas, according to applications presented to our society.
Assyrian Women Union *.Continue supporting the Day Care Center in Ankawa and providing a special bus for the transportation of children.

*.Supporting the AWU in publishing Nahreneta, its periodical newspaper.

*.Support the Union in achieving its different activities, most importantly an art show in Ankawa on Woman’s Day.

Celebration in Dohuk and Ankawa, and a charity market in Zakho on Mother’s Day. 

Assyrian Student & Youth Union

*Support the Assyrian Student & Youth Union in publishing Mezalta, its monthly newspaper.

*Support the Assyrian Student & Youth Union in achieving its different activities.

*Supporting Assyrian Cultural center, in achieving different types of cultural and social activities.

 Supporting Sanharib and Akad athletic clubs.
FUNDING
 Assyrian Aid Society – Iraq