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“I just want to live in safety”

Iraq

Salah was hit by schrapnel during a bombing in Mosul, last March. His eight year old daughter died the same day. Salah now lives with the rest of his family in a displaced people’s camp, where he receives regular visits from Handicap International (HI).

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Salah outside his tent in Hasansham camp. | © E. Fourt / Handicap International

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1.8 million square metres of land cleared by HI since 2016
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1.8 million square metres of land cleared by HI since 2016

HI has been conducting land release operations in Iraq since 2016. Clearance is currently underway in Kirkuk.

Interview with Laurie Druelle, Head of Partnerships for Armed Violence Reduction
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Interview with Laurie Druelle, Head of Partnerships for Armed Violence Reduction

Laurie Druelle is in charge of partnerships for Armed Violence Reduction. Having joined HI in March 2019, Laurie has since supervised risk education activities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Fresh back from Iraq, we asked her a few questions.