WHAT AMAR DOES

Founded by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne in 1991, AMAR aims to build and improve upon the lives of some of the world’s most disadvantaged people.

For more than 20 years, we have provided professional healthcare and education on a sustainable basis, and today we deliver more than one million medical consultations to disadvantaged people each year. 

AMAR supplements primary and secondary schools with programmes in health education, Human Rights and Rule of Law, and democracy.  We also offer adult development programmes which provide leadership training, adult literacy and vocational courses in IT, English language and business skills. 

In 2012, we delivered regular education and training to approximately 35,000 Iraqis in their communities, including children, students, prisoners, prison guards, widows and female heads of households.  

Our clinics and education programmes form an anchor for communities which have few other resources.  The assurance that comes from having dependable healthcare and good schools for children and adult learners creates a more optimistic and less conflict-prone atmosphere at the heart of its community. 

EXAMPLE PROJECTS

Empowerment of Widows and Female Heads of Households

We provide 1,000 widows and female heads of households with education and skills training including literacy and numeracy, sewing and design, food preparation, hairdressing and IT.

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Stop Gender Based Violence project run by AMAR US 
AMAR's US office runs a project in Kurdistan which aims to combat gender based violence against women by providing support services to victims and public workshops and classes.

Educate a Child Initiative in partnership with UNESCO
This project aims to enrol 8,500 out-of-school children (50% girls) in Baghdad and Basra in an accelerated learning programme to ensure they complete their primary level education.

Human Rights and the Rule of Law 

We provide workshops and lectures to 10,646 students, 1,400 male and female prisoners and 500 prison guards, over 2,600
vulnerable women, and 1,200 government officials to strengthen understanding of human rights and civic responsibilities.

Primary Health Care programme in partnership with the World Bank
We provide essential health care and health education services to catchment area of 445,000 people through 23 Health Care Centres, 3 Mobile Health Clinics, 600 WHVs, 4 specialised TB clinics, 63 schools and a community health education programme.

Women Health Volunteers (WHVs)
Local women are trained in preventative health techniques and make home visits to up to 50 families within their local communities to provide essential health services, advice and education.  

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Drugs Awareness Programme in LebanonAMAR is providing ad hoc drugs awareness sessions in schools and communities in Beirut and aims to develop a national drugs awareness strategy and central information point.

TB Prevention project in partnership with UNDP

​TB has been identified by the World Health Organisation as one of the world's biggest health threats and Iraq is one of the nations at exceptional risk.  AMAR is working to increase community awareness of TB control by training male and female community health volunteers through monthly sessions.  

Support provided to Syrian Refugees As well as providing essential items such as blankets and food, AMAR's team in Lebanon are working to help Syrian Refugees adjust to their new lives with long-term support such as education classes for children and helping them to enroll in local schools where possible.

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