Village of Hope

How one woman was inspired to make a difference.

Village of Hope

How one woman was inspired to make a difference.

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Gypsy School - A Story of a Young Woman's Determination
Monday, 11 December, 2017

Manar Al-Zybaidi was trained by IWPR in August 2016 on campaigning and advocacy as a part of the Baladna Tariqna project.

She came up with an idea for a campaign to improve negative attitudes towards Iraq’s gypsy community.

In Al-Fawar village in Al-Diwaniyeh governorate, 180 km south of Baghdad, some 400 gypsies were living in dire conditions amid discrimination, isolation and persecution. The village had been without a school since 2003.

In early 2017, supported by IWPR, Manar mobilised a team of volunteers to teach 75 children basic literacy so as to enable them to enter mainstream schools. UNICEF also decided to support Manar’s initiative.

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